Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] on the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The housing problems detailed in the TSA report and potential solutions were discussed on the first day . |
| 2 | TWO boozy Geordie dads were put on the next flight home from Majorca for having no papers . |
| 3 | Yesterday a Birmingham small claims court ordered Warwickshire , the ground authority , to repay the full admission price to five England supporters who felt cheated after only two balls were bowled on the second day of the first Test . |
| 4 | Expectations were examined on the first day of the course and reviewed at the end . |
| 5 | Ten days were needed on the first few clauses alone . |
| 6 | No attacks were made on the 401st Bomb Group , but vicious assaults were made by the enemy fighters on the bomber wing that was flying alongside them . |
| 7 | Further searches were continued on the 16th with Sunderlands and Catalinas of the RAF and wreckage was finally sighted on the night of September 16/17 14° 50'N and 18° W. Only six bodies were recovered ( all passengers ) . |
| 8 | Police urged racegoers to be on their guard after six separate incidents of forged £20 notes were reported on the first day . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Business and elections were conducted on the first day , followed by speeches and discussion spread over the following two days and an evening conversazione where " everybody was in the best of spirits . |
| 11 | G M B pensioners were represented on the first delegation to visit the E E C in Brussels , in an effort to secure parity with the pensions in other European countries , and we also took part in the pensioners parliament in Luxembourg last year , to help to draw up a Pensioners ' Charter for Europe . |
| 12 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 13 | At least 37 deaths were reported on the first of three days of polling . |