Example sentences of "was [prep] the [adj] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | But now , after his near miss with Hoomey , Nails remembered that he was for the long drop next time — no more cautions . |
2 | It was in the corresponding race last year , held at Gateshead , that she returned to top class competition for the first time since giving birth to daughter Rachel . |
3 | It was in the corresponding match last season that Marshall sustained the knee ligament damage which threatened to put him out of the game . |
4 | It was not her first transatlantic flight , as she was in the French team last autumn in Washington , New York and Toronto , where Miss Ledermann rode her into second place in the World Cup round , behind Britain 's Tina Cassan and Genesis . |
5 | The Headmaster 's Study was on the first floor next to Four . |