Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv prt] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flaws were pointed out last year in a report by W.S. Atkins consultants , commissioned by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) . |
| 2 | The Chancellor 's admission that the PSBR will reach £50 billion in 1993 is no more than City economists were bandying around last autumn . |
| 3 | I thought that they were cribbing up last night 's French homework but it turns out that they were playing a game called ‘ Ouija ’ . |
| 4 | Noriega loyalists were holding out last night in a key barracks , despite overwhelming US firepower . |
| 5 | When firefighters were called out last night , both were well ablaze . |
| 6 | AN RAF helicopter and three mountain rescue teams were called out last night to search for eight climbers reported missing on Skye . |
| 7 | Forty of these ancient watchdogs were pensioned off last weekend . |
| 8 | Plans to merge Dunoon and Cowal with neighbouring Isle of Bute to form one area tourist authority were thrown out last month , but a special meeting was convened yesterday in Dunoon to discuss the issue again . |
| 9 | ‘ When we were messing around last year , we were playing the same songs to the same music biz people , ’ asserts softly-spoken guitarist Bernard Butler , softly . |