Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 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 | Although he died around 1307 , his memory is preserved on the Langtoft Cross which was erected by the last Sir Tatton Sykes of Sledmere on the small green at the southern end of the village . |
| 12 | This building was erected in the nineteenth century and was the first mill on the site . |
| 13 | The western part of the cathedral was erected in the thirteenth century and culminated in one of the most beautiful façades anywhere in Europe . |
| 14 | The Parish Church or Church of São Sebastião , stands near the central square and was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 15 | The present guest house was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Fellow countryman Luis Mendoza got away with a draw — but in the return Palacio was halted in the third round . |
| 19 | This growth was to continue into the 20th century ( Table 3.1 ) . |
| 20 | The church itself dates from the fifth century but was altered in the fourteenth century . |
| 21 | Our newest granddaughter Rachel was christened on the first Sunday of the new year , and that was a wonderful happy day , with a party in her parents ’ home . |
| 22 | Lester was producing for the first time , after his experience with A Funny Thing Happened On the Way To the Forum . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | Hall was dismissed in the 63rd minute for a foul on Billy Kenny and Kendall sarcastically applauded as Hall trudged off . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I am delighted that the value added tax position was eased in the last Budget . |
| 29 | Finally , Yusuf advanced and the thunderous roll of the Moorish drums was heard for the first time on Spanish soil . |
| 30 | The impersonal and durable character of these rights was highlighted during the last years of Louis VII 's reign , in the use in charters of the phrase corona regni ( the crown of the kingdom ) , a phrase which marked out royal rights from princely by asserting their value to the kingdom as a whole . |