Example sentences of "[was/were] their [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 2 | It was their ninth year together , and they had been top of the bill at the Palladium in the West End six years running . |
| 3 | This was their ninth defeat of the season and their seventh game without a win — a run which has produced just two points and a solitary goal . |
| 4 | For most , this was their first exposure to extreme poverty . |
| 5 | For Lindsay Weir , who had been given the nickname of ‘ Dad ’ since his Mt Albert Grammar schooldays , and for Jack Kerr it was their first trip away with the New Zealand team . |
| 6 | It was their first opportunity to treat the murder in detail . |
| 7 | But it soon emerged that a proportion of the women who came forward had been abused as children , ‘ and this was their first chance to talk about it ’ . |
| 8 | This was their first voyage , and their labours were complicated by severe bouts of seasickness , through which they soldiered on valiantly . |
| 9 | For mum Carol and dad Ron it was their first child and they were absolutely delighted . |
| 10 | I think my parents were rather surprised at my reaction , because I was their first child and they had been following child development textbooks that said that children ought to start making social relationships at two . |
| 11 | The way things have worked out , it was their First Division promotion rivals who needed to heed the warning — beware the ides of March ! |
| 12 | For 55 per cent of social workers it was their first case while the remaining 45 per cent had dealt with a case before ; 90 per cent of police claimed prior experience of investigation . |
| 13 | Powell and Pressburger made their last disillusioned statement on the post-war mood in The Small Back Room ( 1949 ) , the story of an explosives expert 's struggles against drink and pain that was their first film after the defection to Korda . |
| 14 | It was their first London home after their marriage in Wales some time in 1874–5 . |
| 15 | It follows the success of last year 's visit to Holland which for many was their first experience of the continent . |
| 16 | While Billy was at the bar ordering another round , Yanto told the girls about the motorbike and explained that it was their first outing on the machine . |
| 17 | It was their first sight of an Axminster plant in operation . |
| 18 | For many veterans of Operation Chariot , this was their first sight of the model on which the raid was planned . |
| 19 | I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer . |
| 20 | It was their first series win against West Indies in England . |
| 21 | This was their first game , their first attempt to answer the question . |
| 22 | It was their first baby , tao . |
| 23 | It was their first embrace in thirty-five years . |
| 24 | It was their first time in ‘ the West ’ and they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium , the Netherlands and North Germany . |
| 25 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 26 | And it was a little strange that this was their first meeting ; her red Golf was a frequent sight on the headland , her cottage had frequently met Iris eyes from the top storey of the mill . |
| 27 | They both relied solely on speechreading ; it was their first meeting . |
| 28 | The TARDIS console was their first job for Doctor Who , and thereafter a succession of their ‘ flashing light/moving part ’ props appeared in many serials , ‘ The Daleks ’ , ‘ The Keys of Marinus ’ , ‘ The Space Museum ’ and ‘ Galaxy Four ’ to name but a few . |
| 29 | For some , working for the water authority was their first job ; few have any substantial prior experience in industry ( 'working on the other side' ) . |
| 30 | ‘ I was their first student . ’ |