Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has happened before and no matter what people say I think in my second year we were about 16th or 17th . ’ |
| 2 | Bituleanu/Toma were in 3rd spot , being followed by Bregeon/Goetschy on the final straight when the Romanians veered right , forcing the French right over to the edge of the course . |
| 3 | And when the little bouncing balls came up onscreen , pointing out the subtitled lyrics for ‘ Fixin' To Die Rag ’ , the ciderheads were in seventh heaven . |
| 4 | Alton NFU were in second place with 57.5 points and the Young Farmers , who won the shield last year , were third with 50 points . |
| 5 | One mistake and we were in next day for two hours . |
| 6 | And he were in next bed to me , the truckle beds you know . |
| 7 | It did n't give me a very positive image to actually find other people , but I used to go to South London drag pubs , such as the Vauxhall , with schoolfriends when we were in sixth form . |
| 8 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 9 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 10 | Wendy Bell ( Private & Offshore Banking , Edinburgh ) and Judith Stobbie ( Branch Services , Edinburgh ) who were in last year 's winning team failed to make it to this year 's final . |
| 11 | ‘ Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were in last night . |
| 12 | Or you can use the Back Door to hop between two rooms — it takes you back to the room you were in last . |
| 13 | But people were in last week ! |
| 14 | Yeah , they were in last night . |
| 15 | Your next door neighbour were in last night . |
| 16 | Aye , he were in last night . |
| 17 | Czech rider Daniel Kovar and Kazakhstan 's Andrei Kivilev were in third and fourth place overall after Wednesday 's breakaway , and Banana 's second man Brian Smith was also ahead of Henry . |
| 18 | A good result and a very necessary one because I think that helps you to pull away slightly at the top of the table ; before this match , Egham were in third place . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the Trains were in 5th place in the second group and the lead had been taken over by Gyulay/Petervari . |
| 20 | Now of course it would depend very much on and whether you were in a drought situation as we were until last year or whether it 's like we 've been over this last summer and early winter which is that virtually not a day has passed without we 've had some rain , in which case obviously the roof is going to get cleaned up very much quicker but I have to say that although I 've always been under the impression that it 's not a good idea to save water off a new felt roof er because of deposits that come off the mineral felt . |
| 21 | The end was in sight for Victoria , and the last departures via Woodhead were on 4th January 1970 . |
| 22 | Staff and pupils were on first name terms , so that Miss Clifton was Cliffy to her face , and Anna Essinger , who had been dubbed Tante Anna in German , was known simply as T A. The children contributed to the maintenance of their school , to the extent of making furniture and cleaning and repairing the building . |
| 23 | GE of the USA had ten times the back-up staff and resources of EMI and were on first name terms with the key people in the medical world . |
| 24 | Some feared the use of the schools by proselytizers to indoctrinate the children in protestant principles , especially as the local managers were at first mainly clergy of the established church . |
| 25 | Understanding in this sense means being able to perceive structure amongst a set of observations that were at first sight perplexing and confusing . |
| 26 | In their rural isolation Belorussian peasants were at first little affected by anti-religious campaigns and actions emanating from the towns , even if priests disappeared and churches were commandeered . |
| 27 | Relations between Mrs Thatcher and the new Irish Fianna Fáil premier , Charles Haughey , were at first tense . |
| 28 | Some ministers were at first embarrassed at what they regarded as her ‘ preaching ’ and ‘ moralizing ’ but in the end accepted it as part of the Thatcher style . |
| 29 | The city or suburban dwellings of the new class were at first too small to accommodate the extended family . |
| 30 | Donning a yarmulke , he promised a Jewish group that ‘ we 'll keep a glatt [ strict ] kosher kitchen at the White House , ’ a pledge that his aides were at first unsure whether to treat as a jest or for real . |