Example sentences of "[was/were] last [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Iacovleff 's works were last exhibited at the Grand Central Art Galleries in New York in 1939 . |
| 2 | Since then he has been permitted to search on Crown estates in Morayshire which were last excavated by the Duke of Richmond in 1860 . |
| 3 | The Crown Jewels were last seen by the public in 1978 , during an exhibition dedicated to Charles IV . |
| 4 | There have been some important developments since the Bill was last debated in the House almost a year ago . |
| 5 | If only an ordinary copy ( not an office copy ) has been delivered to you , then the date to search from is that on which the land certificate was last checked with the entries on the Register , this being the date given in the land certificate which will be supplied by the seller on appropriate requisition — " What is the date on which the land certificate was last compared with the entries on the register ? " |
| 6 | Bowie was last seen on the big screen as a diffident Pontius Pilate in Martin Scorsese 's The Last Temptation of Christ . |
| 7 | ‘ Eric ’ Taylor , Malta 's current leading ‘ ace ’ with over seven victories , was last seen on the tail of a Stuka with a Bf109E on his own tail ; he did not return either , and was reported dead when his ‘ Mae West ’ was washed ashore with a cannon shell hole in the centre of the chest . |
| 8 | Carol Clark worked the red light district of Bristol and she was last seen in the city on Friday evening . |
| 9 | If only an ordinary copy ( not an office copy ) has been delivered to you , then the date to search from is that on which the land certificate was last checked with the entries on the Register , this being the date given in the land certificate which will be supplied by the seller on appropriate requisition — " What is the date on which the land certificate was last compared with the entries on the register ? " |
| 10 | Cider was last made on the farm in 1948 . |
| 11 | De Staël was much admired in Switzerland until 1972 , when his work was last shown at the Peter Nathan gallery in Zurich , but was then largely neglected . |
| 12 | The magistrates point to the problematical definition of crimes against humanity , which was last modified by the Court of Cassation in 1985 to clarify the Klaus Barbie case . |
| 13 | Nicholas Nickleby was last staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company ten years ago . |
| 14 | The little corn mill was last worked during the 1950s but is still essentially complete . |
| 15 | The GAB was last used in the mid-70s when both Britain and the United States were forced to seek international financial support to prop up their economies . |
| 16 | Sabrina 5 was last used in the early 1970s and lay derelict until restored by the Museum in 1987 . |
| 17 | The ferry across the Derwent , mentioned as early as 1315 , was last mentioned in the middle of the 17th century . |
| 18 | The professorship , which was last held by the late Professor Martin Harrison , is one of the 12 established chairs under the Board of the Faculty of Literae Humaniores , complementing the Lincoln Professorship of Classical ( Greek ) Archaeology and Art . |