Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] last [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went er , in to check whether these were available last week , just to make sure they were available and , they we , they had been reserved last term but I went to check and , I found so much difficulty finding my way around |
| 2 | How many thing had been done last spring that could not be undone ? |
| 3 | He had been elected last month to the Spanish Parliament and was murdered the night before he was to take his seat . |
| 4 | Earlier she had welcomed Philip Tickner , who had been elected last summer to the vacancy left by Suzannah Hardman . |
| 5 | Brian had been drunk last night , certainly , but there had been no dog 's abuse out of him . |
| 6 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |
| 7 | As the news of the quarrel between the Old King 's sons spread , those who had been defeated last year took fresh courage , while others like Geoffrey of Lusignan , who had previously been too cautious to join the revolt , now decided that their moment had come . |
| 8 | I dare say you read in the paper she had been attacked last week by some pervert . ’ |
| 9 | Grasping her conference handbook tightly , she took her place in the queue where , she had been told last night over supper , she ran the risk of being stripped and searched by an army of discharged traffic wardens . |