Example sentences of "[noun] was [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A DEFENDANT on trial for a horrifying knife murder was on the run last night after walking out of the Old Bailey . |
| 2 | Your grandparents seem to be fairly cheerful — Ken was on the phone last night , about some editing procedures connected with a project he 's recently undertaken . |
| 3 | THE King 's Cross international railway terminal and property development was in the balance last night after MPs on the committee examining a private bill to approve the scheme decided to suspend a decision until December 5 . |
| 4 | The writing was on the wall last year when the Government said it could not continue funding . |
| 5 | God 's call was to the Jew first . |
| 6 | Steve Devine was on the bench last week as was Chris Fry and they 're both pushing hard for recalls … |
| 7 | A PRISONER was on the run last night after giving his guards the slip while he was visiting his dying mother in hospital . |
| 8 | A convicted murderer was on the run last night . |