Example sentences of "[pron] was [adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He suspected that if he were to walk into the newsroom and make an arrest there would be only a momentary gasp before someone was out with the first of a new crop of jokes . |
| 2 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 3 | Everything was down to the last detail on this loco , including the small ladder which was originally attached to the ‘ A ’ end of the engine . |
| 4 | And we went , because it , it 'd been at five o'clock you see , it 'd been up to the second , that was when it was up to the second step |
| 5 | The scene , a stag-party 's post-pub , pre-dancing meal , was not going well : it was up to the fourteenth take , and the continuity man was looking frazzled . |
| 6 | It was back to the 2nd XI after that , but the memory will tingle for a while yet . |
| 7 | She said well it was down to the last two she said , I had a choice between a red and green cushion or a fitness test . |
| 8 | He was out in the last over before tea after completing his 15th Test century . |