Example sentences of "they [was/were] the [num ord] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individually , they were mature , intelligent human beings ; collectively , they were the fifth grade in Disneyland . |
| 2 | They were the first couple in parliamentary history to sit on a front bench together in either House . |
| 3 | Their ecological dominance and biological success for the past 80 to 100 million years may stem from the fact that they were the first group of predatory social insects that both foraged and lived in the realm of rotting vegetation on the ground . |
| 4 | His words emerged from silence , as if they were the first words of the evening . |
| 5 | But our whole band have been to college — they were the first people in our familiar to have been able to get any further education . |
| 6 | I said they were the last pair of my nylons , memorial to my relationship with Blanche . |
| 7 | Neighbour Peter Bainbridge said last night : ‘ They were the last couple on earth you could imagine this happening to . |
| 8 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 9 | Perhaps they were the last days before the final eclipse . |