Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [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 | A VILLAGE was last night mourning the loss of a second group of fishermen in a matter of days . |
| 12 | A VILLAGE was last night mourning the loss of a second group of fishermen in a matter of days . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Taiwan crash was last December . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Saul Judge was first cousin to Eb and Josh . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If I had kept my wits and remained coherent I would probably have realised the manager 's job was third prize . |
| 20 | The package was last night being examined by forensic experts . |
| 21 | our action round-up is devoted to one sport tonight … and that 's ice hockey … the big match was last night … |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Dessie Burns , whose hardware shop was next door to Kennedy 's , gave her a shout of approval . |
| 25 | The tea shop was next door to one of Sara 's branches . |
| 26 | The little routine was second nature to her , evidently . |
| 27 | A DARLINGTON theatre group was last night seeking a dream man handsome , six feet tall and with a posh accent . |
| 28 | Yes , it 's between the meetings and , and the funeral was last week . |
| 29 | Enrolment was last Tuesday , but I expect there will be some places still vacant when the classes start this Tuesday , September 14 . |
| 30 | Does he agree that in choosing the alternative route the Secretary of State for Transport was second guessing and ignoring the possibility that an environmental assessment would conclude that the general route that he has selected was as inappropriate as the one from which the hon. Gentleman thinks his constituents would suffer ? |