Example sentences of "were [verb] in [art] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT TOOK an average of 106 months to build the six nuclear power stations that were completed in the US last year . |
| 2 | Freezing temperatures were forecast in the area last night which could devastate crops . |
| 3 | A LORRY driver was killed and six people were injured in a pile-up last night . |
| 4 | 14.2 million pigs were slaughtered in the UK last year . |
| 5 | Cycling is cheap , it 's green , and it 's healthy … but despite the fact that over two million new bicycles were sold in the UK last year , less than three per cent of journeys are made by bike . |
| 6 | Eight different nations were represented in the points-scoring first 15 compared with nine the previous day . |
| 7 | The various approaches to CPD in the construction industry were reviewed in a report last year for the DOE and the Council for National Academic Awards . |