Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was last spring 's ‘ Sunburst ’ , a single that put his ‘ group ’ Tangerine ahead of the indie pack , though no one noticed ; it was not hardcore dance and the flip was superior , a bizarre Tommy James freak-out cover ‘ I Am A Tangerine ’ . |
| 2 | A TEENAGE soldier was last night accused of killing a colleague on sentry duty . |
| 3 | His official weight was 11st 12lb — 1lb under the limit for the super-middleweight division in which he will campaign in the future . |
| 4 | A woman shot in the mouth and dumped by the side of the road after the gang hijacked her car was last night critically ill . |
| 5 | The technical college was next door to the special school , and I was able to continue attending my old school and go to the A-level English lessons in the college . |
| 6 | THE furnace which powered the last bastion of North Wales 's once-mighty steel industry was last night on its way to China . |
| 7 | Bear was last night safe and well after being stolen from his home on Platform One . |
| 8 | They 're investigating an ancient burial ground — it could help explain why the horse was first cut into the hillside . |
| 9 | The horse was third favourite , quite well backed . |
| 10 | Mummy was last collecting you was n't she ? |
| 11 | Buses travelling from Darlington into the village were last year instructed to travel along the A66 southern by-pass and down the A168 entering the village at Hurworth Place . |
| 12 | Sporting friends of the Princess were last night predicting that she is so ‘ naffed off ’ she will resign her Olympic roles if she and her horsey friends are told they are not welcome at future Games . |
| 13 | A VILLAGE was last night mourning the loss of a second group of fishermen in a matter of days . |
| 14 | A VILLAGE was last night mourning the loss of a second group of fishermen in a matter of days . |
| 15 | WALLY the wandering wallaby was last night keeping many hops ahead of his worried owner and police after being unable to resist the call of the wild . |
| 16 | The Taiwan crash was last December . |
| 17 | The committee was last night drafting a softer version that would ask Mr Yeltsin to appoint someone else to head the government , a demand that he has refused to contemplate . |
| 18 | Saul Judge was first cousin to Eb and Josh . |
| 19 | A MAN injured in a police shoot-out was last night in hospital with chest wounds while police pieced together the tangled events of a night of violence that also left one man dead and three policemen injured . |
| 20 | CASH-STARVED Halifax Town were last night granted an 11th-hour reprieve by their directors . |
| 21 | The only times my father could be found in his room were first thing in the morning and last thing at night . |
| 22 | For another — here was she with no experience whatsoever of professional interviewing techniques — not even a rank amateur , in fact — yet she was about to pretend that interviewing was second nature to her . |
| 23 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
| 24 | The package was last night being examined by forensic experts . |
| 25 | our action round-up is devoted to one sport tonight … and that 's ice hockey … the big match was last night … |
| 26 | News of the coup was first broadcast on Army Television Channel 5 when Gen. Sunthorn announced that a National Peace-Keeping Council ( NPKC ) had taken control of the country in order to preserve the democratic system . |
| 27 | And in September ninety two , if I took you back to sort of September ninety one figures were quite different , well in September ninety two , eighty nine percent of our business was next day . |
| 28 | Dessie Burns , whose hardware shop was next door to Kennedy 's , gave her a shout of approval . |
| 29 | The tea shop was next door to one of Sara 's branches . |
| 30 | The little routine was second nature to her , evidently . |