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Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Jasbir Singh was stopped for the second time in two days driving his blue Ford Escort van .
2	After winning his first 13 fights , Ferguson 's career slump started when he was stopped in the 10th round by former contender Carl Williams in August 1985 .
3	He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round .
4	McMillan was stopped in the eighth round because his left arm had been viciously dislocated from its shoulder socket — but at the time our Colin was hanging on for grim life .
5	His reign as champion , however , lasted only two months and he was stopped in the tenth round of a return contest in New York City .
6	The three judges each scored it 100–86 for Panamanian Duran who was stopped in the sixth round by Pat Lawler in his last fight in March , 1991 .
7	On Oct. 25 Costa Rica was ratified as the 100th member of the General Treaty on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) .
8	She studied it carefully as though it were some unfamiliar object she was seeing for the first time .
9	This letter was prefixed to the second volume of Leapor 's verse published in 1751 .
10	The Test match at Old Trafford , which had been packed with stirring deeds , was plunged on the fourth evening into hideous disarray .
11	This building was erected in the nineteenth century and was the first mill on the site .
12	The western part of the cathedral was erected in the thirteenth century and culminated in one of the most beautiful façades anywhere in Europe .
13	The Parish Church or Church of São Sebastião , stands near the central square and was erected in the eighteenth century .
14	The present guest house was erected in the eighteenth century .
15	This church was erected in the mid-nineteenth century in an area of South London which was being developed , to an overall plan , as a residential estate .
16	The case against Therese Dunne ( 42 ) , a buyer with Dunnes Stores , was halted for the second time in three months yesterday because of the alleged interference .
17	Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round .
18	This growth was to continue into the 20th century ( Table 3.1 ) .
19	The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century .
20	Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum .
21	And though the World Council Churches was formed before the second world war yet , the first assembly was not held until nineteen forty eight at Amsterdam !
22	Hall was dismissed in the 63rd minute for a foul on Billy Kenny and Kendall sarcastically applauded as Hall trudged off .
23	Ward was dismissed in the fourth minute of Saints ' 12-8 Regal Trophy quarter-final defeat by Castleford on Saturday for a trip on Mike Ford .
24	The fact that striker Mark Hughes was dismissed in the 88th minute for a second bookable offence was almost forgotten as Ferguson reviewed the disaster .
25	The fact that striker Mark Hughes was dismissed in the 88th minute for a second bookable offence was almost forgotten as Ferguson reviewed the disaster .
26	I am delighted that the value added tax position was eased in the last Budget .
27	Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil .
28	It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with .
29	The breadth of the audi alteram partem principle was limited in the first half of this century .
30	In France the post of Secretary of State for War was given for the first time to a soldier ( the Maréchal de Belle-Isle ) in 1758 ; and in the second half of the century there was a slow but steady tendency for the most important officials concerned , the intendants d'armées and the contrôleurs des guerres , to be military men .