Example sentences of "had been [vb pp] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went er , in to check whether these were available last week , just to make sure they were available and , they we , they had been reserved last term but I went to check and , I found so much difficulty finding my way around |
| 2 | But The Washington Post reported on 22 February that Mr Frohnmayer had been warned last October that he might as well start looking for a new job . |
| 3 | The branch secretary , Kathleen McAlorum , a Motherwell district councillor , said that an emergency meeting of the branch executive had been called last Sunday after complaints and threats of resignation from members over the deal for representation on the European committee of the regions . |
| 4 | How many thing had been done last spring that could not be undone ? |
| 5 | He had been elected last month to the Spanish Parliament and was murdered the night before he was to take his seat . |
| 6 | Earlier she had welcomed Philip Tickner , who had been elected last summer to the vacancy left by Suzannah Hardman . |
| 7 | Brian had been drunk last night , certainly , but there had been no dog 's abuse out of him . |
| 8 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |
| 9 | As the news of the quarrel between the Old King 's sons spread , those who had been defeated last year took fresh courage , while others like Geoffrey of Lusignan , who had previously been too cautious to join the revolt , now decided that their moment had come . |
| 10 | I dare say you read in the paper she had been attacked last week by some pervert . ’ |
| 11 | David Alexander , a depute director , told the education committee that the staff at Castle Toward residential education centre had been informed last Tuesday that the committee would yesterday discuss their transfer to mainstream day schools . |
| 12 | Grasping her conference handbook tightly , she took her place in the queue where , she had been told last night over supper , she ran the risk of being stripped and searched by an army of discharged traffic wardens . |