Example sentences of "was [prep] the [noun] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the summer of last year that Keith took the crucial step of admitting privately that he was an alcoholic . |
| 2 | I did n't know myself where the house was until the week before last . |
| 3 | What was inside the cradles at first sight terrified me . |
| 4 | The meeting at Rutherglen for the choice of commissioner with the authority of the Burgh 's vote was on the evening of 20th May at seven pm and the Dixon agents were so keen to keep their influence to the very end and not let Kirkman Finlay 's agents have an opportunity to exert influence that they were hard pressed to get the Councillors to the meeting at seven pm . |
| 5 | Besides , he had enough to do at home , now the house was on the market at last . |
| 6 | Keith was over the moon at first at the prospects of being a father , but that all changed . |
| 7 | What it means to BPExploration was at the centre of last year 's R&D strategy review . |
| 8 | It was at the expense of last year 's Irish champion Mark Delaney that Kirk , from the Cairnlodge club rose to Ulster title status some months ago and if the Games team of '94 was picked tomorrow , this lanky shipyard apprentice would be in it for certain . |