Example sentences of "we [was/were] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't see the ball go in because we were on the 9th tee , but we heard hell of a din behind and Tom said , ‘ Some guy must have holed out . ’ |
| 2 | We were on the fortieth floor of the UN Plaza . |
| 3 | ‘ We consider training to be crucial and we are spending more on it now than we were during the last recession , ’ he said . |
| 4 | We have always in Czechoslovakia been proud of being Europeans , as we were before the First World War and between the wars . |
| 5 | ‘ On the brighter side , the value of our players would increase if we were in the Second Division . |
| 6 | They always get one hundred per cent from us , because they were there supporting us when we were in the Second Division . |
| 7 | We were in the First Division far too fleetingly and this is an opportunity for everyone to show what a big club Portsmouth really are . ’ |
| 8 | We might get a thousand or so more from Hartlepool but if we were in the First Division we 'd struggle to get 7,000 . |
| 9 | Absolutely , I would think they 're the three heroes erm Les Phillips in midfield was back to the Les Phillips we knew when he first came to Oxford from Birmingham when we were in the first division . |
| 10 | ‘ We were still treated as kids when we were in the third year , well , we still are . ’ |
| 11 | Cos we were in the fourth year and the upper dorm grew up |