Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] with a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accelerated growth of algae partially poisoned with copper sulphate has been claimed when these were treated with a 30th potency of copper sulphate , but Moss was not able to repeat this work . |
| 2 | After 34 minutes , Dulwich were presented with a third goal . |
| 3 | United kept going … kept chasing and just before half-time were rewarded with a second goal … |
| 4 | United kept going … kept chasing and just before half-time were rewarded with a second goal … |
| 5 | The coeliac patients were compared with a third group of 17 children ( mean age 9.7 , range 3–10 years , girls:boys 1.4:1 ) with various diseases or symptoms , such as chronic abdominal pain ( n=8 ) , failure to thrive ( n=6 ) , peptic ulcer ( n=2 ) , and immune deficiency ( n=1 ) . |