Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They left the dance together and her body was found the next morning in a deep pool of water near a local footpath . |
| 2 | Witnesses working near the river bank in Gloucester where a body was found the next day , told the jury at Bristol Crown Court of hearing screams . |
| 3 | Her body was found the next February and a man , hospital radiographer Frederic Blancke , was charged with murder . |
| 4 | Allies and Morrison won the second prize of £1,500 and Peter Clash was awarded the third prize of £1,000 . |
| 5 | The procedure was repeated the next day , 24 February , the Germans suffering unexpectedly high casualties but remorselessly , if slowly , pushing the French back . |
| 6 | The young dog was shot the next day . |
| 7 | The Wensleydale-born man was elected the first president of the Society by those gathered in the watchmaker 's shop in 1835 and held that post until his death in 1858 . |
| 8 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
| 9 | Endill was tired the next day but slept underneath the floorboards in History class . |
| 10 | There was , of course , no such safety problem , as the safety inspector subsequently confirmed , and the steward was given the first of the warning notes , as planned . |
| 11 | The radio was reclaimed the next morning . |
| 12 | ‘ His pass was confiscated the next day and that meant he could n't get into the base to work and lost his job . |
| 13 | The patient was discharged the next day . |
| 14 | Kinloch stood as the Whig candidate in the election that followed , and in December of that year was elected the first MP for the borough . |
| 15 | The switchboard was jammed the first night I wore them — it really is odd the little things that bring an instant response . |
| 16 | She did , and my appendix was removed the next morning . |
| 17 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 18 | A hasty cut and stitch job by the Italian organisers restores Arab pride when a five-pointer was unfurled the next day . |
| 19 | A trade co-operation agreement was signed the next day . |
| 20 | Li Yuan-tzu was elected the next day as Vice-President with 93 per cent of the votes , receiving 602 out of 644 cast . |