Example sentences of "was in [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Mitchell was in second place at the end of lap one , then developed tyre trouble and eventually had to drop out . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Going into the right hand turn , Mansell came upon team-mate Mario Andretti , who was in fifth place and trying to overtake Boesel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Yeah , he was in first thing . |
| 12 | He was in seventh heaven , so excited . |
| 13 | Constance was in seventh heaven . |
| 14 | She was in seventh heaven . |
| 15 | BIRTHDAY boy Fred Proctor was in seventh heaven after notching up yet another election success . |
| 16 | Gould was in seventh heaven . |
| 17 | But Leonora was in seventh heaven . |
| 18 | Britain 's Malcolm Wilson , who was in seventh position after the first day , went off the road during the 17th stage . |
| 19 | They mean an easy , phonetic ( or rather phonemic ) system such as alphabetic literacy and they think of a ‘ literate society ’ as one in which such a script is widely assumed in public life , as they claim it was in sixth century Greece . |
| 20 | Right erm these notes are sort of based on a lecture that I went to when I was in sixth form erm and the theme for it is , Men And Women , Do We Speak The Same Language ? |
| 21 | I 'm sure it was in last month 's news |
| 22 | She was in last night , late on . |
| 23 | And I was in last week both Saturday 's before I came here , and we went through we 'd achieved all targets |
| 24 | And erm Mark was in last week he said |
| 25 | It was in last year or something . |
| 26 | She was in last night . |
| 27 | After her first 11 tournaments this year , Maritz was in fourth place on the Woolmark Order of Merit with winnings of almost £26,000 . |
| 28 | Most of the time , though he was in fourth gear , a long-legged overdrive which wafted the big saloon along effortlessly . |
| 29 | His particular interest was in 18th century painting . |
| 30 | ‘ I remember when I was in 6th grade and Reagan was elected and he voted ketchup to be deemed a vegetable , for schools . ’ |