Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] the [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After watching a film of a car accident some subjects were asked the two questions in ( 3 ) .
2 When the prayers were ended the three girls kissed him goodnight in turn , and Rose went with him to their room .
3 Senate and House committees were re-examining the 1980 election for evidence of that rogue Iranian factor mentioned earlier .
4 The evidence showed , according to Mr Craven , that wherever individual party members were given the one member , one vote opportunity to voice their views , they rejected the hard left .
5 It might even result in information which , in turn , could help to elucidate why army undercover men were stealing the three vehicles that night a few months earlier near William Black 's house at the junction of Black 's Road and Tildarg .
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