Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cottages were old , with small windows and in front of the last cottage sat a monkey puzzle tree . |
| 2 | This last figure represented a fall in the deficit from 7.5 to 6.5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) ; the proceeds from privatization for the year were forecast at 2.5 per cent of GDP , and as a result of tax reforms direct tax revenues were expected to rise by about 22 per cent over 1990 . |
| 3 | Federal funding for the arts occupies a tiny part of the national budget , but in the last administration became a cause celèbre when the question of National Endowment for the Arts ' occasional support for provocative and sexually explicit art aroused the fury of conservatives led by Senator Jesse Helms , who whipped up popular support for a move to curb or cut the N.E.A. 's budget . |
| 4 | This last point represented a compromise between Scandinavian countries , which favoured a permanent ban , and France and the UK , which were keen to retain the option of using the sea as a dumping ground for large radioactive components from nuclear submarines and power stations . |
| 5 | WORLD champion Evander Holyfield last night received a piece of simple advice from his trainer Lou Duva : ‘ Take a shotgun in with you against Lennox Lewis — hold it , let's make that a machine gun . |
| 6 | THE GERMAN Athletics Federation last night rejected a proposal by its independent legal commission that the ban on double world sprint champion Katrin Krabbe be cut to less than four months . |
| 7 | THE leader of one of Darlington 's strongest trade unions last night rejected a claim that the national minimum wage will lead to industrial disputes . |
| 8 | BRITISH GAS last night denied a report on News at Ten that it would announce 2,000 more job losses today . |
| 9 | HULL 'S giant Welsh prop Mark Jones , sent off last weekend for striking Warrington 's Gary Tees , last night escaped a ban after a disciplinary hearing in Leeds . |
| 10 | LEBANON 'S Christian leader , General Michel Aoun , last night denounced a draft peace agreement produced by the country 's parliamentarians in the Saudi resort of Taif on the grounds that it did not set a timetable for the withdrawal of Syrian troops occupying the country since 1976 . |
| 11 | TWO planes used by the financially troubled Paramount Airways will remain grounded over the weekend after the Court of Appeal last night overturned a court ruling just two hours before freeing the aircraft . |
| 12 | THE Soviet parliament last night imposed a ban on all strikes in industries essential for the smooth functioning of the economy this winter , and authorised the use of troops if neccessary to guarantee an immediate end to the rail blockade by Azerbaijan , which is crippling neighbouring Armenia . |
| 13 | ‘ It sounds as if whatever you did last night made a profit , ’ she says archly . |
| 14 | BRIAN CLOUGH last night made a shock £300,000 move for an untried American to solve his goalkeeping crisis . |
| 15 | A judge last night ordered a retrial in the case of a man accused of murdering a sex offender after a jury at Newcastle Crown Court failed to reach a verdict . |
| 16 | LABOUR last night produced a list of Tory ‘ tax ’ quotes and accused the Government of ‘ betraying Britain ’ . |
| 17 | AIR FRANCE last night signed a deal with Sabena , giving it about a 25 p.c. stake of the troubled Belgian national carrier . |
| 18 | MRS Thatcher last night coupled a softening of her hostility to British membership of the European exchange rate mechanism ( ERM ) with a combative restatement of her intention to fight all the way against implementation of the Social Charter , the later stages of the Delors monetary union plan and greater powers for the Strasbourg parliament . |
| 19 | The UN General Assembly last night adopted a resolution deploring the US military intervention in Panama as a flagrant violation of international law . |
| 20 | Army experts last night defused a land-mine packed with a hatchet head , knives , forks and nails at Dungannon , Co Tyrone . |
| 21 | NIGEL MANSELL last night gave a glimpse of how much he will miss Formula One when he limped forward to collect his World Drivers ' Championship trophy at a glittering ceremony in Paris . |
| 22 | The League board last night deferred a decision on a new contract for the Great Britain coach , Malcolm Reilly . |
| 23 | The League board last night deferred a decision on a new contract for the Great Britain coach , Malcolm Reilly . |
| 24 | SCARBOROUGH last night faced a goalkeeping crisis with on-loan Ian Ironside poised for a shock return to Middlesbrough . |
| 25 | THE British National Party last night held a meeting in Darlington 's Dolphin Centre . |
| 26 | POLICE hunting a British spy believed to have murdered his wife and three children last night found a body fitting his description . |
| 27 | IAN WRIGHT was last night promised a World Cup hangover as champions Leeds prepared to defend their Elland Road fortress against this season 's title favourites Arsenal . |
| 28 | TREVOR FRANCIS last night predicted a record goals output for football 's first season under the new back pass law . |
| 29 | PREMIER John Major was last night handed a peace offering as tension mounted over attacks on British forces by Serbs . |
| 30 | POLICE last night named a man they want to quiz in connection with the murder of Michael Huntington at a nurses ' home party 11 days ago . |