Example sentences of "it [was/were] last year " in BNC.
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1 | If anything in the Amis corpus has validated his penchant for the poison dart , it was last year 's Memoirs : indiscreet , at times indefensible , but nevertheless a book to leave you giddy with laughter . |
2 | She paused before answering him , her eyes blinking as if she were thinking ; and then she said , ‘ It was last year … or sometime longer , when … when we lived in Durham . ’ |
3 | The Unix festival , UniForum ‘ 93 , did n't feel as successful a show as it was last year : it was spread out over a lot more acreage and split into two widely separated pavilions , and attendance looked sparse and the aisles empty despite show management 's claims of a 10% increase in traffic — like as not , it was talking about the pre-registration which was up , but unofficially we hear attendance was down ; UniForum is still more a Unix celebration than anything else but it remains to be seen whether there will still be things to celebrate or whether erosion has set in . |
4 | The Unix festival , Uniforum ‘ 93 , did n't feel like it was as successful a show as it was last year . |
5 | It was a wee , it 's it was last year when you saw him I think , Dr |
6 | Erm and that is not half as what it was last year . |
7 | That 's no good , because then the true worth of the child is not coming out , and at that age I mean , what had started it was last year I I did n't want him to do it . |
8 | It was last year in Denmark that she reached her lowest ebb . |
9 | The Brazilian government 's environmental protection agency ( Ibama ) claims that forest destruction is half what it was last year . |
10 | And the final point I wanted to make , although yes , we do welcome the special transitional grant second tranche of ten point eight million pounds , and it would be churlish not to , it is nevertheless a reduction on what the share of it was last year erm s of the national total so there is actually a reduction in the share that is getting this year , and alongside that , and of course hence the need for the recommendation in the budget , is that we 've actually lost very specifically one point eight five six million in the rollover grant from last year 's erm S T D tranche which we are specifically asking and very grateful to policy and resources for , hopefully , erm we 're asking and we 're hopeful they will underpin it and the Chairman is here and er er has nodded in that direction I think it 's fair to say . |
11 | Why was the Lotus issue put into this mo this year 's training plan when it was last year 's money ? |
12 | He says things have been getting more busy but it 's still not as busy as it was last year . |
13 | I know it was last year I was really annoyed . |
14 | It was last year was n't it ? |
15 | It does erm yes , it does , in fact my husband was out there erm in Tel Aviv on a course about a year ago erm and I you know I 'm beginning to think I 'm goodness I 'm glad it was last year and not this year . |
16 | erm it 's probably sort of fifteen per cent better than it was last year . |
17 | The programme has been a lot better , a lot more stable this year and I think all round , the fitness in general , is going to be a lot better than it was last year . |