Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] [prep] [pron] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clients were known by their first names only . |
| 2 | Confusion over whether Mr Robert Maxwell , publisher of Mirror Group Newpapers , also had reservations were dismissed by him last night . |
| 3 | Patients were contacted at their last known address . |
| 4 | The two girls were changing from their second best school clothes to their third best play clothes . |
| 5 | The research , commissioned by the Scottish Office , found that few children were tested in their first language or given access to interpreters , or had their bilingual and cultural backgrounds taken into account before they were put in special schools . |
| 6 | The question of a regional convention in this whole field was put on the agenda of the Committee in 1975 and detailed reports were considered at its Twentieth Session in 1979 and its Twenty-Second Session in 1981 . |