Example sentences of "was last night [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Olympic gold medallist Sebastian Coe , aged 32 , was last night selected as the Conservative candidate for Falmouth and Camborne , in Cornwall . |
| 2 | KENNY DALGLISH was last night named as the new ‘ Mr Big ’ of Premier League football — by rival boss Bobby Gould . |
| 3 | A BOY aged 16 was last night charged with the rape of an 11-year-old girl who was attacked on her way to school . |
| 4 | David Ashworth , 31 , was last night charged with the murder of Denise Johnston , 35 , landlady of the Lion Tavern , Moorfields , Liverpool . |
| 5 | RAY Close was last night robbed of the WBO super middleweight title in the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow . |
| 6 | A state of emergency was last night declared in the district where the killings took place . |
| 7 | Ian Ferguson , of Rangers , who has not played a competitive match for six weeks , was last night called into the squad in response to other doubts surrounding the fitness of Leeds United 's Gary McAllister , Eoin Jess ( Aberdeen ) and the Hearts pair , John Robertson and Alan McLaren . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , Aston Villa manager Ron Atkinson was last night reeling from the body blow of one of his biggest disappointments in football . |
| 9 | A BOOK that blew the cover of spy Ian Spiro was last night blamed for the slaughter of his family . |
| 10 | COCKNEY actor Bob Hoskins was last night tipped as the favourite to play grumpy cartoon character Mr Magoo in a new £27 million Steven Spielberg blockbuster film . |
| 11 | GORDON Strachan was last night hailed as the secret weapon behind Leeds ' unbeaten start to the season . |