Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several months later , when General Aung San and six of his colleagues were assassinated on 19th June , 1947 , the Burma Office of the British Government got in touch with me several days before the public announcement was made . |
| 2 | This would be the case if [ 2 ] were uttered on 25th June by the John Smith referred to in [ 1 ] . |
| 3 | The soldiers were being guided by treaty Nez Perce , who were ambushed on 17th July by Joseph 's warriors . |
| 4 | The group 's properties in the UK were valued on 31st March 1991 at open market value and are shown at that value in the balance sheet . |
| 5 | The group 's freehold and long leasehold land and buildings in the UK were revalued on 31st March 1991 by Rostock Evans & Co . |
| 6 | Through his efforts , the Liverpool Society for the Deaf was formed on 23rd April 1864 , with simple services held in the school buildings in Oxford Street . |
| 7 | The facts of the Sen case were that Mr Sen was dismissed on 9th July 1990 . |
| 8 | The accommodation schedule for the War Department was completed on 13th September and that for the Foreign Office on 20th September . |
| 9 | Thank you for your letter regarding the above which was received on 20th August 1993 . |
| 10 | Leech was examined on 18th August 1669 to see if he was able " to instruct the youth so far as to fit them for the universities " by a panel composed of Dr. Slater , Mr. Watson ( Schoolmaster of Sutton 's Hospital ) , Mr. Holmes ( Schoolmaster of Christ 's Hospital ) , and Mr. Crumland ( a master from St. Paul 's ) . |
| 11 | Although the chapel was not even mentioned in the commission of 1535 , the foundation certainly continued : its third incumbent , Thomas Hattfield , was installed on 1st July 1541 after Silvester 's death . |
| 12 | An evening buffet was organised on 6th February in the Showroom at Elderslie by Steve Higgins , Field Sales Director , where many customers and colleagues gathered to wish him farewell . |
| 13 | The programme was transmitted on 7th October , and opened with the presenter Dennis Lotus saying : ‘ This is a transport depot , it garages the only tramcars still operating in the United Kingdom ’ . |
| 14 | The Rev. Roderick Mackenzie was inducted on 9th March 1911 . |
| 15 | The making of a compulsory purchase order was approved on 10th May . |
| 16 | He died on 29th April 1823 and was buried on 3rd May at Grasmere . |
| 17 | He was buried on 29th December , 1587 , having died possible of the plague , which struck Stockport between 1587 and 1592 . |
| 18 | He was buried on 2nd March at St. Mary 's , Stockport . |
| 19 | The Imperial Grain Warehouse was opened on 28th May by Sir Frederic C. Thomson providing modern concrete silos with a total capacity of 20,000 tons . |
| 20 | A new Junior School was opened on 8th June in a converted house — " Listad " — in Davenport Park . |
| 21 | The New Nursery was opened on 26th August this year and has been designed to offer children opportunities to enjoy and develop all types of play and decision-making , and to gain increased independence within a safe and secure environment . |
| 22 | The new local housing office in the Northway Centre , Maltfield Road was opened on 14th August , 1989 . |
| 23 | The latest Bridge was opened on 20th . |
| 24 | The new East Dock was opened on 20th May by the Lord Provost of Edinburgh . |
| 25 | After a good deal of pressure on the authorities concerned , the reception centre ( 'C' Block ) was closed on 7th November 1949 . ’ |
| 26 | Edinburgh Grain Warehouse was closed on 12th February . |
| 27 | The survey was closed on 17th October , 1984 , and , of necessity , the analysis and discussion in this report covers those areas considered to be of most value to SERC that could be assessed quickly : this interim report was required by the end of November , 1984 . |
| 28 | H.M.S. Edinburgh a type 42 destroyer was commissioned on 17th December by the Right Honourable Michael Heseltine Minister of Defence at the Cruise Liner Berth in the Western Harbour . |
| 29 | David was born on 8th January ( 1947 ) . |
| 30 | An Arab can never know the exact date of his birth according to our calendar , for if he was born on 12th January , that day in the Muslim calendar might be 12th January of the previous year by the time he was twenty or twenty-one , owing to the shorter months . |