Example sentences of "[pron] were [verb] on [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John was careful , but as a singer I felt with him as I were standing on one leg after my time with Walter . |
| 2 | The subsidiaries which held and operated the refining and marketing operations which were sold on 6 July 1992 were not consolidated and certain borrowings , attributable to these businesses , were also separated and included within businesses held for resale at the end of 1991 . |
| 3 | ‘ The documents specified above relate specifically to photocopies numbering approximately 5,000 pages , which were transported on 22 March 1991 from [ a Middle East state ] to the London offices of [ a London firm of solicitors ] . |
| 4 | Among others who lost office at this time were two of the sheriffs inherited from Edward IV , who were replaced on 13 May . |
| 5 | Among others who lost office at this time were two of the sheriffs inherited from Edward IV , who were replaced on 13 May . |
| 6 | One of the first complaints was made by three members of CND who were told on 7 July 1986 by the Tribunal ‘ that after careful investigation it was satisfied no contravention of the [ statutory ] criteria had occurred ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ We were caught on one foot with our fingers in our mouths , ’ said one dealer , referring to widespread expectations of a hung Parliament . |
| 8 | Do you remember at the announcement of last year 's results we erm we mentioned that we were concentrating on four themes one 's cost reduction er driving for cash erm , improving our market share and investing for the future . |
| 9 | On 21 September 1989 committal proceedings commenced : they were concluded on 13 October . |
| 10 | They were concluded on 13 October 1989 and on 2 November the case was listed for trial in the Crown Court at Isleworth , the trial to commence on 11 December . |
| 11 | They were arrested on 5 October while staging a peaceful protest to highlight repression in Bophuthatswana . |
| 12 | He eventually joined the Ed Dubois design office where he met his current business partner Richard Lovett while they were working on two Admiral 's Cup yachts , Formidable and Promotion in 1982/83 . |
| 13 | Together with a woman , Sonam Choedron , ( who was released in April 1991 ) they were tried on 8 February 1991 and reportedly sentenced to four years ' imprisonment . |
| 14 | Sentence of death was passed on 8 convicts at the Old Bailey , 4 of whom were executed on 15 Feb. : ‘ One of those who suffered was for robbing a farmer 's boy of sixpence . ’ |