Example sentences of "it [vb past] last [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ It worked last time . |
| 32 | And I heard a lot about how well it worked last time . ’ |
| 33 | A company has set up fair value provisions for the reorganisation costs of a subsidiary it acquired last year . |
| 34 | Tandem Computers Inc , Cupertino is moving its Asian headquarters to Singapore from California later this month , specialising in telecommunications , banking and finance ; it already has a joint software company , Twin-Soft Asia Pte Ltd , with Singapore Computer Systems Ltd which it formed last year , and it is planning to launch a screen-based smart telephone that can access host computers using a telephone handset , a small display , a programmable microprocessor and a modem , in Singapore next month . |
| 35 | Next week , Mr Irons and Sheriff Nicholson are to petition the Court of Session to reverse a decision it took last year , effectively removing them as Torrie trustees , and making the university the sole trustee of the collection . |
| 36 | So it proved last night . |
| 37 | Vern had jammed it shut last night . |
| 38 | Until it slipped last year , British manufacturers ' share of the volume of world exports had been broadly stable at 7% since 1981 , after falling continuously since the 1950s . |
| 39 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 40 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 41 | Alcatel Cable SA , Douvrin , France is increasing its optical fibre production to meet demand — when two new plants come on full stream in the middle of next year , annual output will grow to 930,000 miles from the 590,000 miles it did last year , bringing it close to the current number two , AT&T Co , but still way behind the 1.25m miles produced annually by Corning Inc . |
| 42 | Next Computer Inc is going try to stage a NeXTWorld Expo without leaning on Uniforum by holding it at the same time like it did last year . |
| 43 | The National Gallery must be very satisfied to have concluded as it did last week . |
| 44 | Not surprisingly , it occasionally mislays one or two , as it did last week . |
| 45 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |
| 46 | It will act as it did last Friday , with determination and sensitivity . |
| 47 | Chatto has been researching the amount of space given by newspapers to its paperback originals , which it introduced last year . |
| 48 | However , it emerged last night that a reporter from London Weekend Television unwittingly tipped off residents about the raid when he phoned contacts on the estate to ask if there had been a raid — before it had actually happened . |
| 49 | Mr Larry Whitty , the party 's general secretary , asked unions on March 26 not to respond to Conservative attacks , it emerged last night . |
| 50 | It emerged last night that Tony Hendley saved the life of two dying youngsters by donating his kidneys . |
| 51 | JOHN Major is ready to unlock £1 billion from the sale of council houses to ease the plight of council tax payers , it emerged last night . |
| 52 | DESPERATE Tory Whips used every dirty trick in the book against MPs planning to rebel over the Maastricht vote , it emerged last night . |
| 53 | PORN heiress Debbie Raymond is thought to have been killed by a cocktail of drinks and drugs , it emerged last night . |
| 54 | EAST Anglian commuters will be able to reach work without fear of further strikes , it emerged last night . |
| 55 | It emerged last night that Ynys Mon 's MP Ieuan Wyn Jones has met new Welsh Secretary John Redwood to discuss the future of the hall . |
| 56 | A MAJOR freight airline is to transfer its operation to Liverpool Airport , it emerged last night . |
| 57 | NELSON Mandela 's visit to Glasgow next week has been postponed on the advice of his doctors , it emerged last night . |
| 58 | CARTOONS showing the Princess of Wales naked are no longer being considered for use in a Channel 4 programme today , it emerged last night . |
| 59 | It appeared last night that some of the staff entitled to 10 to 15 per cent of the shares might not take them up , but all the key board members will , thus ensuring the success of the scheme . |
| 60 | Although he added that no formal response had been received to the offer , it appeared last night that The Face was hoping to negotiate a further reduction . |