Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At York , the first pageant proceeded to the first station at 4.30am , and it would be around midnight when the last play reached the twelfth and last station . |
| 2 | The last Chapter noted the differing approaches taken by legal systems in the common law and civil law traditions to the service of process . |
| 3 | This last point raised the interesting possibility that not only is the brain the seat of the mind but also , different parts of the brain might be involved in different aspects of mind . |
| 4 | A HUNGARIAN shot putter last night became the first Paralympic Games competitor to fail a drugs test . |
| 5 | THE novelist VS Naipaul last night became the first winner of Britain 's biggest literary prize , worth £30,000 . |
| 6 | A MAN murdered on a bus last night became the 3,000th person to die in 23 years of Ulster violence . |
| 7 | Dr Who fan Gavin Fuller , 24 , last night became the youngest ever champion of Mastermind . |
| 8 | When MPs last night debated the related issue of compulsory repatriation of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong , they divided largely on party lines . |
| 9 | When MPs last night debated the related issue of compulsory repatriation of Vietnamese refugees from Hong Kong , they divided largely on party lines . |
| 10 | MORRYS SCOTT , the 18-year-old whose two late goals stopped Gloucester 's talented side in their tracks on Saturday , last night scored the only goal of the replay to give Cardiff a third-round tie at home to Queen 's Park Rangers . |
| 11 | PRESIDENT F W de Klerk last night announced the unconditional release of eight prominent political prisoners , notably Walter Sisulu , 77 , former secretary-general of the African National Congress and the closest political associate and oldest friend of Nelson Mandela , with whom he was jailed for life in 1964 . |
| 12 | Sea Containers last night rejected the higher , hostile takeover bid from Anglo-Swedish rival Temple Holdings in favour of its own restructuring plan which involves it selling more than $1billion of assets . |
| 13 | The chief executive of Gwynedd County Council , Huw V Thomas , who is acting as co-ordinator following the flood damage in the Aberconwy area , last night praised the 50 Army personnel for the work they put in during the day to help clear up the mess in the Morfa Conwy and Llandudno Junction areas . |
| 14 | EDUCATION minister Michael Fallon last night revealed the five major issues at the centre of his bid to retain Darlington for the Tories . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , John Sheridan last night revealed the added incentive behind his mission to help Sheffield Wednesday gain UEFA Cup revenge over Kaiserslautern , 3–1 ahead , tomorrow . |
| 16 | MCC REBELS , furious at the non-selection of David Gower for this winter 's tour of India , last night forced the famous club into a humiliating and expensive special general meeting to pass a vote of no confidence in the England Test selectors . |
| 17 | LABOUR LEADERS last night suffered the first setback of the Brighton conference when delegates overwhelmingly rejected pleas for unity by demanding heavy cuts in defence spending . |
| 18 | THE Conservative Party in Europe last night took the final decisive step towards uniting itself with its distant continental cousins , the Christian Democrats . |
| 19 | Detectives fear the 31year-old is a danger to himself and the public and last night took the unusual step of releasing photographs of him . |
| 20 | MDC external affairs director Bob Lane last night said the Private Finance Initiative enhanced the prospects of a clutch of development plans on Merseyside . |
| 21 | Foreign Office chiefs last night said the latest UN crackdown would happen ‘ sooner rather than later ’ . |
| 22 | IRISH Prime Minister Albert Reynolds last night said the latest outbreak of murders in Northern Ireland underlined the urgent need to resume inter-party talks on the province 's future . |
| 23 | It is believed that Mr Christie in Edinburgh last night met the four remaining directors on the board , the former chairman , Hamish Deans , and his son George , and Jim Johnston and the Edinburgh lawyer Sandy Moffat . |
| 24 | BILL Nicholson , the man who led Tottenham to the League and FA Cup ‘ double ’ in 1961 , last night slammed the modern game for failing to provide value . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Taylor 's ‘ boss ’ Peter Swales last night insisted the public revelation of the England manager 's feud with Lineker will not affect his position . |
| 26 | FOREIGN Secretary Douglas Hurd last night demanded the immediate release of three British UN officers kidnapped by Khmer Rouge in Cambodia . |
| 27 | Whitehall last night confirmed the minimum-wage provisions have been deleted from the draft but insists working hours , statutory holidays and worker participation clauses will increase costs . |
| 28 | A representative of United Engineering Steels , which still owns the Brymbo site and the new mill , last night confirmed the Chinese wanted to buy the mill , though he was unable to say who would be dismantling it . |
| 29 | A representative of United Engineering Steels , which still owns the Brymbo site and the new mill , last night confirmed the Chinese wanted to buy the mill , though he was unable to say who would be dismantling it . |
| 30 | A MOTHER who was involved in a hit-and-run horror , only weeks before she was due to give birth , last night cuddled the little baby boy who dispelled all her worst fears of what could have happened . |