Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO of BSkyB 's senior presenters were off air last night after a spectacular bust-up . |
| 2 | I think she were off work last week . |
| 3 | The company is second in exports only to British Aerospace , which were worth £3.1bn last year . |
| 4 | ‘ They were onto Timmy first . |
| 5 | Rush ( three knee ops ) , Ronnie Whelan ( knee ) , Rob Jones ( shins ) , Wright ( hamstring ) and Barnes ( heel and calf ) were under treatment last time . |
| 6 | EFFORTS TO reach a compromise over a move to ban all trade in ivory were under way last night as delegates gathered for the conference of the world 's wildlife monitoring organisation . |
| 7 | Unix Systems Laboratories Inc president Roel Pieper and his boss-in-waiting , Novell Inc chief Ray Noorda were in Japan last week explaining to Unix Labs 's Japanese shareholders the ins and outs of the deal that 's been cut : it is said that some companies , perhaps ICL Plc and Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA , were interested in somehow retaining their shares in the Unix firm . |
| 8 | Unix Systems Laboratories president Roel Pieper and his boss-in-waiting Novell chief were in Japan last week explaining to USL 's Japanese shareholders the ins and outs of the deal that 's been cut . |
| 9 | Member States were in turn third parties to the contracts entered into by the International Tin Council . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , only the cheerleaders were in evidence last night . |
| 11 | We were in Glasgow last weekend , and were quite chuffed when Ewan consented to come out for a walk just with us two , as he clings to Joyce a bit at the moment . |
| 12 | TWO workmen were in hospital last night after falling 18ft through a false roof on to a concrete floor . |
| 13 | At least 50,000 islanders , and 2,000 tourists , were without electricity last night as President Bush declared it a disaster area . |
| 14 | ‘ I hope the same guys are n't there who were on duty last night . |
| 15 | He were on er , he were on evenings last week were n't he ? |
| 16 | PRINCE Charles and Princess Diana were at war last night as they toured a country torn apart by civil strife . |
| 17 | You may recall delegates who were at congress last year , that I spoke about governments having the moral support of the people . |
| 18 | In the 1970s , the prevailing demand among political activists and their academic sympathizers was for freedom first and education later . |
| 19 | The only time SHe 'd ever felt this rough before was after hir last fight with Cab , when he 'd tried to kick hir spine out — from the front . |
| 20 | It was of course first published here in the 1960s By Weidenfeld and reprinted by John Calder . |
| 21 | On the North York Moors , about a third of recent ( 1974–79 moorland conversion to grassland was of moor first converted between 1853–1895 and which reverted to moorland in the 1930s . |
| 22 | A SALESMAN who raped his ex-girlfriend and tortured her with an electric stun gun was behind bars last night . |
| 23 | EVIL conman Mark Lee was behind bars last night — leaving the taxpayer to foot his £3,000-a-month mortgage . |
| 24 | ONE of a gang who massacred a top Mafia-busting judge and five bodyguards was behind bars last night . |
| 25 | THE Marquess of Blandford was behind bars last night after four days on the run from police . |
| 26 | Ironically , it was against Latvia last season that Hughes first felt the twinges . |
| 27 | She said to her in the week when she rung she wo n't ring until I thought it was like midnight last night she was getting in and she was n't gon na ring till today but it 'll be tomorrow she 'll ring her . |
| 28 | Mrs Gillis-Tweed , who chairs the local neighbourhood watch committee , was with relatives last night after talking to police for several hours . |
| 29 | AN EMERGENCY airlift of flu vaccine from Europe was under way last night as stocks dwindled in Britain and the epidemic showed no sign of abating . |
| 30 | AN INVESTIGATION was under way last night after clouds of toxic fumes escaped in a huge chemical factory blaze . |