Example sentences of "it [was/were] last [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two walls are broken by windows , a third is occupied by the fireplace ; a battered electric cooker and an old sink , which looks as if it were last used to dip sheep , stand on either side of another locked and bolted door . |
| 2 | Bazaruto Air Charter : Based at Laseria , have used 1944 C-47A-90-DL ZS-LVR since 1990 , having acquired it in the USA where it was last registered as N5000E . |
| 3 | It was last debated 12 years ago when , after a recounted tied vote , the conference chairman cast against the motion and uproar ensued . |
| 4 | Clay retains a record of the intensity and direction of the earth 's magnetic field when it was last fired , because on heating the magnetic oxides in the clay align with the prevailing magnetic field . |
| 5 | It was last exhibited in 1945 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and was sold to its present owner , private French collector Jacques Walter , in 1954 by Wildenstein of New York who bought it from the collection of Mrs Alice Kurtz . |
| 6 | It was last seen shortly after being excavated 150 years ago . |
| 7 | If the toy is subsequently hidden under a different cover or in a different place , infants of this age will almost invariably search under the cover where the toy was last found , and not where it was last seen to disappear . |
| 8 | A RARE lesser-crested tern has reappeared at Minsmere , Suffolk -more than 200 miles from the Northumbrian colony where it was last seen a fortnight ago . |
| 9 | This system , which is discussed in detail by Montgomery and Wallace leads to a fairly high number of accesses required to retrieve records from a well-aged file , i.e. one that has had a large number of additions or deletions since it was last loaded . |
| 10 | It is far too long since it was last performed in Belfast . |
| 11 | According to the register it was last signed in on September 5th 1974 . |
| 12 | Example 4:6 Rent geared to subrents receivable YIELDING AND PAYING THEREFOR by equal quarterly payments in advance on 1 January 1 April 1 July and 1 October in each year per cent of the net rents which the tenant is entitled to receive for the whole or any part of the demised property and calculated in accordance with the schedule hereto SCHEDULE ( 1 ) In this schedule the following expressions have the following meanings : ( a ) " full rack rental value " means the best rent at which the demised property ( or as the case may be the part of the demised property in question ) might reasonably be expected to be let in the open market by a willing landlord to a willing tenant ( i ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 2 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it is actually occupied ( ii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 3 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) of this lease ( iii ) in the case of property falling within paragraph ( 4 ) below on the terms ( other than as to rent or other pecuniary consideration ) upon which it was last occupied and in any case disregarding the matters set out in paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of section 34(1) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 ( as amended ) and on the assumption that the rent so determined will be revised every five years ( b ) " qualified accountant " means a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales or the Association of Certified Accountants ( 2 ) If the tenant lets or permits to be occupied the whole or any part of the demised property in return for any pecuniary consideration other than the full rack rental value thereof as at the date of such letting or permission or in return for no pecuniary consideration then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date of such letting or permission and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 3 ) If the tenant himself occupies the whole or any part of the demised property then he shall be deemed for the purposes of this schedule to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date on which he went into occupation and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 4 ) If the whole or any part of the demised property remains vacant for three months or more then at the expiry of such period of three months the tenant shall until the same is next occupied be deemed to be entitled to receive the full rack rental value thereof determined as at the date upon which the said period expired and redetermined as at every fifth anniversary thereof ( 5 ) The tenant shall one month before the beginning of each quarter ( time being of the essence ) deliver to the landlord a certificate signed by a qualified accountant showing a true summary of : ( a ) the gross amount of all rents and licence fees which the tenant is entitled ( or deemed to be entitled ) to receive in respect of the demised property and each part thereof for that quarter and ( b ) the amount of any sum included in ( a ) above which the tenant is entitled to recover from any subtenant or occupier of the whole or any part of the demised property either by way of VAT or by way of service charge in respect of services or works performed or to be performed ( 6 ) Subject to paragraph ( 7 ) below the net rents shall be the difference between the two amounts shown in the said certificate ( 7 ) The net rents shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors if : ( a ) the tenant fails to deliver a certificate in accordance with paragraph ( 5 ) above ( in which case the tenant shall pay interest on the net rents at the rate of … per cent from the quarter day in question until payment ) or ( b ) any dispute or difference arises between the parties in connection with the calculation of the net rents ( in which case the arbitrator shall determine the amount of interest if any to be paid by the tenant ) ( 8 ) The tenant shall permit the landlord or his agent to inspect and take copies of the tenant 's books or account or any other document or record ( and if necessary the tenant shall procure any computer print-out ) which in the opinion of the landlord or such agent is relevant to the calculation of the net rents and shall bear the costs of such inspection if there shall be any material discrepancy between the certificate delivered by the tenant under paragraph 5 above and the results of such inspection . |
| 13 | Danish defender Bjorn Kristensen hit the second-half equaliser that gave Kevin Keegan 's side a point they hardly deserved in the Anglo-Italian Cup they won when it was last staged 19 years ago . |
| 14 | It was last to start and at this rate , will probably be last to finish . |
| 15 | has supplied the password , either now or at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 16 | has supplied the password , either now or at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 17 | has supplied the password , either now or at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 18 | has supplied the password , either now or at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 19 | has supplied the password at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 20 | has supplied the password now , or at any time since it was last changed , or the package has no password . |
| 21 | The drawing was firmly attributed to the artist when it was last sold in Munich in 1938 , but was believed lost in the last war . |