in the last year vs on the last year

Some examples from the web:

• An anterior cruciate ligament that was repaired in the last year.
• Somewhere in the last year it would appear they've vanished.
• Probably 'cause we called the L.A.P.D. 10 times in the last year.
• Pull all inmates locked up in 1994 and released in the last year.
• A number of these currencies have seen considerable appreciation in the last year.
• That's like four girls that have just vanished in the last year.
• I guess a lot's happened in the last year.
• We've talked twice in the last year.
• Our 10th case in the last year.
• Jamie Kirk... he's been arrested three times in the last year alone.
• They've tripled their military budget in the last year.
• That's more money than you made in the last year.
• He has Stavros down for one visit in the last year.
• Jackson's grown up a lot in the last year.
• I've lived more in the last year than in my previous 35.
• You've seen a lot of combat in the last year.
• The sixth pop star to die in the last year.
• No arrests in the last year, so it's possible.
• That's how many operations I performed in the last year.
• My wall has been penetrated too many times in the last year.

Some examples from the web:

• I've combed through every website danni clicked on in the last year.
• This is something that we've been semi-quietly working on for the last year and a half or so.
• Of course, this does not reflect all the progress made on the CFSP over the last year.
• It just seems awfully soon to have clarity on the last seven years of our lives.
• We broadly welcome the balance sheet on the last three years presented to us by the Commission.
• Uncle Sam put it on the market last year.
• There was an accident on the boat last year.
• Natalie baldwin was on the team last year before she died.
• And when I look back on the last six years, I think I can say with pride that while I was here, thirst was not.
• You performed an autopsy on all four in the last year.
• I want agents knocking on doors of anyone who met, knows or sneezed on Farris in the last year, Mollvaney.
• I thought you might because you revealed your party affiliation on the air last year.
• Well, he was alone on the Continent last year.
• I was on the verge last year.
• I thought you might because you revealed your party affiliation on the air last year.
• When I took on the Presidency last year, I promised my people not to disappoint them.
• However, according to a new report which we received in the Committee on the Environment last year, less than 2% of CDM projects are in African countries.
• And your position on the DST deal last year...
• I based it on the schedule from last year.
• Yet, there have been dozens of derailments on your lines in the last year alone.