Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [noun prp] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was formed in March last year with the specific purpose of promoting ‘ world class ’ Scotland . |
| 2 | As a member of the West Yorkshire Society 's Club , which was formed in September last year , I can testify to its role in raising morale and the efficacy of one 's personal presentation ; and there is one particular aspect which I feel must be placed on record . |
| 3 | Yet it turns out that Mr Yanagitani , who was dismissed from Daiwa last month , had in recent years turned into an aspiring George Soros . |
| 4 | I am grateful for the Minister 's reply and I know that she will have been as horrified as the rest of us by the images and the conflict that was reported from Somalia last weekend . |
| 5 | Lotus Development Corp will this week announce Notes for Unix , claiming that its workgroup software is one of the key applications Unix has been missing : it was previewed at UniForum last week . |
| 6 | Lotus this week will announce Notes for Unix , claiming the workgroup software is one of the key applications Unix has been missing : it was previewed at UniForum last week . |
| 7 | Sadly , there are no plans to screen ‘ Buster 's Bedroom ’ , the film which was previewed in Berlin last April . |
| 8 | Portadown was attacked in January last year when five stores were severely damaged in an IRA firebomb blitz . |
| 9 | JOHN SAVAGE , an American actor whose roles include a white man living in a rough black neighbourhood in Spike Lee 's Do the Right Thing , was attacked in Soweto last week . |
| 10 | She was a founder member of the AIBBF House Committee which was dissolved in December last . |
| 11 | Her weight has dropped from 13 to seven stone and she was transferred to Rampton last August for medical treatment . |
| 12 | At the end of 1990 Grayson found his way into the Preston first team and was selected for Lancashire last year in his first real season . |
| 13 | When the last show of the bar room comedy was shown in America last month , 150m people tuned in . |
| 14 | Crosby , fighting to keep his job at Sunderland , wants a goalscorer to replace John Byrne , who was sold to Millwall last month for Pounds 250,000 . |
| 15 | The estate also comprises a 68-bedroom hotel , which was opened in August last year . |
| 16 | The first section of this route was opened in November last year . |
| 17 | Two years later 51 per cent was sold to Shenley Canada , which in turn was bought by Guinness last year . |
| 18 | BCCI was closed in July last year in an operation led by the Bank of England . |
| 19 | When Scrooge was premiered in Birmingham last year Gloria Honeyford called it the hottest selling ticket outside of London . |
| 20 | A concert was scheduled for Sheffield last night , followed by others in Brighton , Bournemouth , Birmingham , Cardiff , Manchester and London 's Wembley Arena . |
| 21 | The waste was driven from Seveso last autumn and tracked by Greenpeace to Marseilles and then Saint Quentin , north of Paris . |
| 22 | She was introduced to Harry last summer by her younger sister , Michelle , and married him after a whirlwind romance . |
| 23 | Both companies are thought by western intelligence to be part of Iraq 's international arms-procurement network and both have links with Anees Wadi , a suspected Iraqi agent who was expelled from Britain last year . |
| 24 | A wallet containing cash and credit cards , together valued at £87 , was stolen on Thursday last week . |
| 25 | Police are still looking for the third — a brown Ford Sierra which was stolen from Brockhampton last night . |
| 26 | Judging from the excitement with which its nearest rival , Josef Halda 's Genus Primula was greeted in America last year , Richards will probably prove controversial . |
| 27 | Erik Pedersen , Brann. regular starter in our first team — previously played in IFK Gothenburg and was swapped with Joachim Bjorcklund this season ( Bjorcklund and team-mate Karlson was linked with Leeds last season , Bjorcklund stayed and Karslon went to Blackburn ) . |
| 28 | Martin McGuinness , a leader of Sinn Fein , was arrested in Dublin last night on suspicion of being a member of an unlawful organisation . |
| 29 | The Super League 's Southern semi-final canal match was fished at Northbrook last month and produced two double-figure hauls of quality roach , dace and perch plus a gudgeon catch topping 7 lb . |
| 30 | A forerunner of the VPP500 , the experimental AP1000 was announced in Japan last week . |