Example sentences of "as they [verb] last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Most damagingly , Ms Campbell has not heeded the wartime warning recalled by mariners in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia as they marked last month 's 50th anniversary of victory in the Battle of the Atlantic : ‘ Loose lips sink ships . ’ |
2 | Well , that 's all very well but there is one other I would like to add to the list and put it near the top — Downpatrick , who have been battling on their own for years , and who still manage to attract huge crowds as they showed last Monday . |
3 | Never have the game 's laws undergone so radical an overhaul as they did last year — and never have they provoked such an outcry . |
4 | QPR are also charging the same for their shirts as they did last year — £19.99 — and although their shorts and socks are not yet available they are still among the cheapest . |
5 | McCallen and Robert Dunlop may again share the two 250cc races as they did last year and Moodie may lift the 400cc . |
6 | As they did last year , the big-hearted bunch have decided to donate their winnings to a local charity . |
7 | Erm , I mean I really ca n't , I do n't expect them to surge ahead as they did last year but all the signs are that , that , they 're doing very well and er , it 's a very well managed business erm , great cost control er , I do n't know whether you noticed recently that Meryl des described the erm , the management of erm , of A W as the er , I think it was the creme de la creme of the |
8 | Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade . |
9 | Fred Callaghan , the Woking coach and London cabbie , directs his Vauxhall team to Cambridge United confident that his full-strength squad will not lose their way as they did last season in falling 4-1 to the Fourth Division side . |
10 | Few who 've seen Pool of late will doubt their ability to sneak up on the rails , as they did last season , as a surprise late success in the promotion race . |