Example sentences of "[prep] last season " in BNC.
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| 1 | This competition has eluded United since its inception in 1961 , and after last season 's defeat by Sheffield Wednesday there must have been doubts that they would ever win it . |
| 2 | ‘ But after last season there are no promises of anything . |
| 3 | And after last season there is no longer any such thing as a ‘ good second ’ for the Barcelona man . |
| 4 | I told them in the club bar that it was all down to my carefully structured pre-season training programme , but after last season 's relegation I have n't been near the ground since April ! |
| 5 | After last season 's floppy-hatted waifs , this time around models were given hair styles which looked like a punk reworking of a clipped poodle ; make-up featured a spatter of sequin shapes glued on around the eyes . |
| 6 | Manchester City erased the memory of last season 's FA Cup third-round defeat against Brentford . |
| 7 | Orrell , though , may feel that they could have coped with Cusworth after causing one of last season 's League upsets by winning 27-15 at Welford Road . |
| 8 | With three of last season 's Halifax dissidents representing Bradford , and the famously short-fused Brendan Hill facing his former club , a small corner of Calderdale was positively incandescent . |
| 9 | But at Stradey , at the rematch of last season 's Cup finalists , Mr Wag 's dictum was borne out again . |
| 10 | Four strikers on the pitch had amassed 161 goals between them since the start of last season . |
| 11 | But England feel that the pace of Des Walker , the great gain of last season 's unbeaten sequence , should close any gaps . |
| 12 | I will remark that MCC , a cricket club efficient by long tradition , made a similarly chaotic cock-up with its match tickets at the beginning of last season — and look how that season turned out . |
| 13 | George Shipley , the former Charlton midfield player who was released by Gillingham at the end of last season , has officially retired at the age of 30 on medical advice , after a series of knee operations . |
| 14 | In Wales , the Premier League gets under way with Whitchurch hoping to repeat their success of last season . |
| 15 | The Heathfield trainer commented : ‘ Breakfast Car bashed a leg in his last race and got a bit of heat in it , so we turned him away for the rest of last season . |
| 16 | He coached Fareham , then managed Gosport before arriving at Basingstoke for the last three games of last season . |
| 17 | He coached Fareham , then managed Gosport before arriving at Basingstoke for the last three games of last season . |
| 18 | Jonjo O'Neill can not be dissatisfied with a 10st 2lb awarded to Vicario di Bray , whose rise to the top was somewhat dented in the middle of last season . |
| 19 | Brown Windsor was rated the top novice chaser of last season and began this season in handicap company in great style . |
| 20 | The rebuilding is still taking place , but while they perhaps lack Wigan 's all-round capability , some of the assurance that carried them so successfully through two-thirds of last season has looked to be returning , and they could possess the forward strength to disrupt Wigan 's composure . |
| 21 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 22 | Lenihan , 32 , who made the first of his 52 international appearances against Australia in 1981 , missed all of last season 's Five Nations programme after undergoing an operation to repair damage to his neck . |
| 23 | When better weather favoured the batsmen in the closing weeks of last season , it was noticeable that Lloyd 's side lost some impetus and the title slipped away . |
| 24 | Michael Stoute , who trained one of last season 's toughest horses , Rock Hopper , has found a worthy successor in Saddlers ' Hall , who romped home with the Lanes End John Porter Stakes . |
| 25 | Angus Fraser is still feeling discomfort from the hip injury which kept him out for most of last season and may have to play in pain if he is to resume his first-class career . |
| 26 | Then , after Mr Dalglish had shocked the soccer world by resigning in the middle of last season , Mr Moran left the boot room to steady the ship , until Graeme Souness was free to leave Glasgow Rangers and return to Liverpool , where he had once been a key player . |
| 27 | Oxford will be looking to Richard Montgomerie to consolidate his promise of last season , when he averaged 33.33 . |
| 28 | The oddity about the scrum-halves is that Strachan can not get a game for Auckland ahead of Jason Hewett , of last season 's World Cup squad , and Preston does not rank ahead of Graeme Bachop , the no.1 All Black halfback since 1990 , for Canterbury . |
| 29 | Former hooker Steve Jones has taken over from John Perkins as coach , included in their personnel are former Lions Staff Jones and Graham Price , and club captain Chris Huish , who announced his retirement at the end of last season . |
| 30 | South African all-rounder David Callaghan , 27 , who missed most of last season fighting cancer , has been included in the squad for the first four of the seven one-day internationals against India . |