Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] [was/were] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Five people were rescued from their burning flat and 30 others were led to safety after thick smoke spread through the building . |
| 2 | On Oct. 4 six men were sentenced to death for trafficking in cannabis and on Nov. 9 five men , aged between 35 and 46 , were sentenced to hang for similar offences [ see also pp. 34485 ; 36557 ] . |
| 3 | THREE milkmen were taken to hospital with serious injuries after their delivery van overturned in Llanelli , Dyfed . |
| 4 | More than a dozen awards were presented to club members and guests of honour were group quality control executive Carl Moss , production director Roy Naylor , and estate manager Jim Lee . |
| 5 | Western press reports from Xian on March 18 said that three intellectuals were sentenced to prison terms of three to five years , including Li Guiren , editor of the Shaanxi province Hua Yue Publishing House , which had published works by the dissident journalist Liu Binyan [ see also p. 37338 ] . |
| 6 | Three men were crushed to death under seven thousand tonnes of rock . |
| 7 | At a separate trial ending on March 1 in Osh city three men were sentenced to prison terms of between 11 and 14 years for their involvement in the intercommunal violence . |
| 8 | Three men were sentenced to death during the French revolution . |
| 9 | In the continuing campaign against the Maoist Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) guerrillas , 10 men and three women were sentenced to life imprisonment on Dec. 11 . |
| 10 | Another four men and three women were sentenced to prison terms of between four and 30 years on charges of murder and piracy [ for January execution of alleged counter-revolutionary see p. 38715 ] . |
| 11 | All three victims were taken to hospital . |
| 12 | Two of the men died at the scene and their three colleagues were rushed to hospital , where one died a short time later . |
| 13 | HEp-2 cells were transferred to tissue culture treated microplates with 15mm wells , each containing a sterile 13mm glass coverslip . |
| 14 | Elsewhere , three girls aged 15 and 16 years were brought to court for robbing a woman of 9s 2½d after they had hustled her . |
| 15 | Nine police were taken to hospital , one with concussion , and 18 others had minor injuries . |
| 16 | A TOTAL of 38 children were taken to hospital after their school bus crashed with a lorry yesterday . |
| 17 | Five policemen were taken to hospital after a lorry overturned while carrying canisters of the chemical phenylacetonitrile near Scotswood Bridge , Newcastle upon Tyne . |
| 18 | By July an outline agreement had been presented to Law and Lloyd George , by which 150 seats were allocated to Coalition Liberals , but no decision of principle was taken . |
| 19 | Violent incidents erupted , barricades were erected and cars burned , over 100 people including 23 police were taken to hospital with injuries or breathing difficulties due to tear gas , and three dead bodies were recovered from a building set on fire by a Molotov cocktail . |
| 20 | The two coaches were filled to capacity as pilgrims assured each other that Sunday would be true to its name , through many carried an umbrella ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 21 | On Sept. 17 four dissidents were sentenced to prison terms of between 10 and 24 months for having participated in a demonstration on Sept. 6 outside the Ministry of National Security in Havana . |
| 22 | The four ringleaders were sentenced to death on the gibbet and their bodies were hung in chains at various crossroads on the moor . |
| 23 | TWO teenagers were taken to hospital after their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch . |
| 24 | Fifty-four Spitfires were delivered to Renfrew with a total of 47 being loaded on board the vessel . |
| 25 | Four youngsters were plucked to safety yesterday after becoming trapped on a cliff ledge at Seaham after the tide cut them off . |
| 26 | At least 13 bodies were later carried to a nearby church and up to a hundred casualties were admitted to hospital . |
| 27 | Twenty-six officers were sentenced to death , three peers , including Derwentwater , were executed ; of the rank and file 700 were sentenced to seven years ' transportation to the West Indies . |
| 28 | As the train was pulling into the station at Shkodër some of the rioters set light to the last two carriages ; at least two passengers were burned to death . |
| 29 | Soon her hundred tons were brought to life as all eight sails pulled hard on her first tack of the season . |
| 30 | With seconds to spare the two girls were plucked to safety by firemen wearing breathing apparatus . |