Example sentences of "[num] were [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Altern-8 were sharing the bill with the Prodigy . |
| 2 | The girls from standard six were reading the bible with their class teacher and headmistress , Miss Outram . |
| 3 | Just as Britain pumped the proceeds of North Sea Oil into the US economy , the Dutch in the 1960s and 1970s were investing the proceeds of North Sea gas . |
| 4 | Twelve German HE 113s were bombing the Forth Bridge . |
| 5 | The two were given the VIP treatment after winning Newsline 's competition to find a name for the Telephone Service Unit . |
| 6 | ‘ These two were running the show , ’ said Cowley coldly . |
| 7 | These secretaries also began to attend meetings of the royal council , though merely as clerks , not as members , and in 1559 were given the title of secretaries of state . |