Example sentences of "were [v-ing] [prep] a [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 2 | Joseph lead the team towards the children 's section and as they were passing through a second explosion was felt . |
| 3 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 4 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 5 | Sunderland were playing against a fourth team ( whose tenure in the First Division was not in doubt ) . |