Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 We got a call saying we were right on the money last issue with the rumour that DEC will scrap up to 10,000 people on Monday December 7 , Pearl Harbor Day .
2 When I parked the car at Woodside , I noticed the lights were on in the apartment next to mine .
3 COMPLAINTS against the Lothian and Borders police force were up by a quarter last year , deputy chief constable Hector Clark told councillors yesterday .
4 I found out that the captain and two of his men , all Americans , were n't on the ship last night , so I 'm sure they killed poor John Openshaw .
5 The Canadian was obviously in the room next to me .
6 Then I was down at the Chough last night and everyone was on about it .
7 Oh , no , I was n't down by the river , I was over on the side next to the road .
8 God , I was nearly in an accident last night , that reminds me , coming , I 'd just turned off the Wrexham road , er going along the Paisword one
9 I 'm glad he was n't at the dress-run last night when , in my most imperious Dame Edith voice , I commanded , ‘ Send for Hedward the Hugly ! ’ and Edward the Ugly fell off the stage laughing .
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