Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faced with that dilemma the plaintiffs chose to endeavour to run the business to an early sale and that is what they did my Lord and er the premises were put back on the market er in the early part of nineteen eighty six and er it is pleaded that er in in paragraph six statement of claim , that in May er a buyer came forward but that sale did not go ahead er because there were unreasonable delays on the part of the purchaser erm and er the deal fell through but then again in July er after the business had ceased trading , another buyer was found and then there was a lengthy period of negotiations at the conclusion of which the sale price was reduced because at that stage the plaintiff 's landlord was going to increase the rent er and the plaintiffs were at that stage under threat of forfeiture and eventually contracts were exchanged on the sixth of November nineteen eighty six the sale price being eighty one thousand five hundred and er completion was on the fifth of December nineteen eighty six . |
| 2 | The Headmaster 's Study was on the first floor next to Four . |
| 3 | Duncan 's room was on the seventh floor . |
| 4 | Clive Barnes 's room was on the first floor , overlooking the churchyard . |
| 5 | Or s Pit was about the first one I seen w that had the that had baths pit head baths in this corner . |
| 6 | Clarissa 's flat was on the eighth floor and its acquisition had been another good thing that summer . |
| 7 | Consider the two sentences : [ 1 ] John Smith 's birthday was on the twenty-fourth of June . |
| 8 | Also , his youngest daughter 's birthday was on the 8th . |
| 9 | The Swede 's office was on the second floor of the building . |