Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [was/were] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the peak year of 1913 , these stations between them were receiving 5,791,700 tonnes of goods . |
| 2 | Fortunately those games brought together Europe 's Big Four who between them were to win six points out of the nine which Europe had accumulated at the end of the first two days . |
| 3 | The marriage produced four sons and three daughters , the youngest of whom was born seven months after her husband 's death , at the age of forty-one , in the influenza epidemic of 1918 . |
| 4 | Both of them were discharged two years later . |
| 5 | My sister , however , kindly kept him informed of my whereabouts , and he replied in two letters , the first of which was dated 30 November 1940 : The second was dated 27 May 1942 : |
| 6 | Extension services were set up to focus upon a target population of every couple , the wife of which was aged 15–44 years , backed up by medical services and financial incentives to adopters . |
| 7 | There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished . |
| 8 | One pair of blue jeans , faded , American label , in the pockets of which were found two cinema tickets , one wallet , brown leather with a red painted design , containing … ’ |
| 9 | But inevitably , the authorities regained control by force , it was a foretaste of what was to happen three months later in Tiananmen Square . |
| 10 | Every policeman was given a pint mug and on night duty we were , have n't , we , each of us was given one pint of coffee . |
| 11 | Like , it used to be that [ place ] station might be attacked once or twice a year , like it was hit five times in one night this year … |
| 12 | The noise that came with it was heard fifty miles away . |
| 13 | An object with what appeared to be a gun barrel pointing from it was found 30 yards from where Mr Peter Jowett 's body lay . |
| 14 | When the passes were found , each was enclosed in an envelope with a first class frank and a recorded delivery sticker ; the covering letter inside mine was dated 18 September . |
| 15 | Whole flies ( 100 to 200 mg ) were crushed in 1 ml of extraction buffer ( Tris 10mM pH 7.8 , NaCl 60 mM , EDTA 10mM ) at 0–5°C to which was added 1 volume of lyse buffer ( Tris 300 mM , pH 9 , EDTA 100 mM , DEPC 0.8% ) , SDS 1% , Proteinase K 100µg/ml and incubated 1 h at 65°C . |
| 16 | At this point a servant appeared bearing a rough tray on which were set three horn beakers . |