Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [conj] [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Casualties on the allied side were given as 343 troops killed , including 266 US forces , of whom 145 had been killed in action and 121 had died in accidents . |
| 2 | Of the 1,151439 enrolments in session 1990/91 , 740,832 resulted in full success , 147,034 resulted in part success , 227,863 results were withdrawn and 35,710 results were awaited . |
| 3 | Now the pains were returning but 4 weeks after Arg Nit LM2 she was able to say that the digestive symptoms had been negligible . |
| 4 | However , we shall consider both projects together here , as they were designed as two phases of a single , integrated research programme . |
| 5 | Points were dropped and three defeats over Christmas , which left Arsenal trailing five points behind Everton , made the Double look like something of a pipe dream . |
| 6 | Nine people were wounded when two bombs exploded after hours at the Banco Popular in central Lima , and another bomb was deactivated at the home of a well-known television journalist , police said yesterday . |
| 7 | All mothers of the remaining 51 case children were interviewed but two fathers were not ( table I ) . |
| 8 | Forty-six applications for Research Trust awards were considered and twelve awards were made . |
| 9 | Several house windows were smashed and two cars damaged when the trouble broke out last night in Queens Retreat in Cheltenham . |
| 10 | A hoax in Newcastle shut down the main BR railway station , and in Tyne and Wear thousands of tube passengers were stranded when all 46 Metro stations were evacuated while 37 miles of track was searched . |
| 11 | The green light for Newton , where four people were killed and 22 were injured when two trains collided head-on in July 1991 , revealed an apparent inconsistency in the approval system . |
| 12 | Two men , aged 25 and 21 , died and four people were injured when two cars collided near Knutsford , Cheshire , late on Saturday . |
| 13 | THREE members of the same family were injured when two cars crashed on a busy Northumberland road . |
| 14 | Over the next two years many of the large cities experienced riots , and in the worst-hit , Detroit , 43 died , thousands were injured and 4700 paratroops were needed to restore order . |
| 15 | Thirteen police were injured and 14 demonstrators arrested , of whom two were injured . |
| 16 | The pair were shot when three gunmen hijacked their car , even though they did not resist . |
| 17 | Roads were closed and eight ambulances stood by as the cloud drifted towards the villages of Wincham and Lostock Gralam . |
| 18 | Schools were closed as 50,000 teachers joined strike action , part of a week of protests called by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions . |
| 19 | In a case which is causing the Bar much embarrassment , Lord Justice Watkins and Mr Justice Garland were told that six barristers followed Sir Ian , while 11 decided to stay with Mr John Samuels , QC , who was in charge of chambers administration . |
| 20 | Reinforcements were called and 25 police officers had to wade into the crowd to calm the situation . |
| 21 | But few were buying and 17 pubs failed to reach their reserve price and were withdrawn . |
| 22 | Rescue teams were alerted when two golfers reported seeing a body falling through the sky . |
| 23 | She and Bob Norrie were divorced and two years later she married again and changed her name to Norrie-Walker . |
| 24 | In the Paratroopers ’ case thirty men were arrested and thirteen paratroopers were actually charged with the rape of a member of the Women 's Royal Army Corps . |
| 25 | Three other people were arrested and three weapons seized in the operation near Loughgall in County Armagh . |
| 26 | In industrial protests in other regions six Civil Guards and eight miners were hurt and six miners were arrested on Feb. 7 during a demonstration in León , while a policeman and four workers from a shoe factory were injured in Valencia on the same day . |
| 27 | Another motorist died and two were hurt when two cars collided near Steyning , Sussex . |
| 28 | Two policemen were hurt when 40 youths fought in the centre of Wallingford . |
| 29 | These were defined as 146,400 refugees , 893,000 undocumented Central American immigrants , 872,000 displaced persons and 61,500 repatriated citizens . |
| 30 | No less than eight police officers were the subject of inquiry and between February and August 1988 some 64 written statements were taken and 326 documents were seized . |