Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A LORRY driver was killed and six people were injured in a pile-up last night . |
| 2 | The various approaches to CPD in the construction industry were reviewed in a report last year for the DOE and the Council for National Academic Awards . |
| 3 | We were working on a case last year . ’ |
| 4 | The warehouse area of the Safeway supermarket in High Street , Ormesby , Middlesbrough was damaged in a fire last night . |
| 5 | The country 's most popular horse race was reduced to a shambles last April when 30 riders failed to realise that a second false start had been called and the event had to be declared void . |
| 6 | The situation was brought to a head last year when a woman was knocked over by a bus in Prebend Row . |
| 7 | The fact that it was rejected in a referendum last year does not mean that it was a bad reform package . |
| 8 | The Old Bailey jury trying Celia Palmer , 18 , and her boyfriend Danny Palmer , 17 , for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer was sent to a hotel last night despite asking to be allowed to begin deliberations . |
| 9 | He told the court : ‘ She was chained to a table next to a fan heater to help dry her coat after grooming . |
| 10 | A DRIVER was hailed as a hero last night after helping rescue pensioners from his fume-filled coach . |
| 11 | The group , which is made up of representatives from local companies , colleges and the County Durham Training and Enterprise Council was launched at a ceremony last week . |