Example sentences of "were [adj] [to-vb] in the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Negotiations over Chilean membership of the group were due to resume in the second half of 1991 .
2 They were lucky to survive in the 40th minute when Taylor headed against the crossbar , but Wycombe 's Steve Thompson saw a 49th-minute header was cleared off the line by Paul Raven .
3 A few months earlier , West Indies had encountered any number of problems in Australia and had lost the series 5–1 ; they had then beaten India 2–1 at home , the last match being won when no fewer than five Indians were unable to bat in the second innings .
4 However , if you were able to travel in the third dimension , you could cut straight across .
5 ‘ Is that one of the reasons why you were keen to invest in the first place , even one of the reasons why you decided to back the new housing development ? ’
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