Example sentences of "[was/were] in [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One mistake and we were in next day for two hours . |
| 5 | And he were in next bed to me , the truckle beds you know . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 8 | The Republic of Ireland could be in England 's group , as they were in last year 's European Championship . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were in last night . |
| 11 | Or you can use the Back Door to hop between two rooms — it takes you back to the room you were in last . |
| 12 | But people were in last week ! |
| 13 | Yeah , they were in last night . |
| 14 | Your next door neighbour were in last night . |
| 15 | Aye , he were in last night . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Meanwhile , the Trains were in 5th place in the second group and the lead had been taken over by Gyulay/Petervari . |
| 19 | At all times , almost everyone who had seen a poll noticed that the Conservatives were top , but perceptions of which party was in second place varied sharply . |
| 20 | Despite qualifying sixth , the Reynard driver made a superb start and was in second place by the first corner , taking the lead from Gianni Morbidelli 's Lola by the end of the lap . |
| 21 | Patrese , having dropped to sixth , hauled himself back into contention , passing Berger and Alesi ( again ) and was in second place as the pit stops began . |
| 22 | As the race headed towards the final 10 laps , he was in second place , but under serious pressure from Piquet 's Benetton and the fast-approaching Ferrari of his team-mate . |
| 23 | In 1970 , his hard times continued : not for the first or last time in his career , he found himself in trouble with the authorities , being disqualified twice , once when he was winning and once when he was in second place . |
| 24 | Mitchell was in second place at the end of lap one , then developed tyre trouble and eventually had to drop out . |
| 25 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 26 | Going into the right hand turn , Mansell came upon team-mate Mario Andretti , who was in fifth place and trying to overtake Boesel . |
| 27 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 28 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 29 | Yeah , he was in first thing . |
| 30 | He was in seventh heaven , so excited . |