Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the given date , the same change may well have diffused to other dialects that were not affected at first , and Labov 's well-known work ( for example , 1980 ) on short /a/ in the northern United States suggests that this EModE change is still in progress there today . |
| 2 | The four died in July 1967 when their helicopter crashed during an approach to a landing zone in South Vietnam but their bodies were not returned until last July . |
| 3 | The four partners — all Irish — had planned to be open for St Patrick 's Day but , as the photo shows , that did n't stop them unfurling their banner to indicate they were already prepared for next year . |
| 4 | The Dwarfs were hard pressed at first , but eventually saw the Orcs off with the help of their formidable cannons . |
| 5 | ‘ You are saying that you were again relegated to second place , my lord ? ’ |
| 6 | The Second Vice-President , Guillermo Ford Boyd , leader of the Nationalist Republican Liberal Movement ( Morilena ) , was duly confirmed as First Vice-President . |
| 7 | Delegates agreed by 3,243,000 votes to 2,859,000 to throw out the NUM 's proposed deadline , which was overwhelmingly supported by last month 's TUC , against the wishes of the trade union leadership . |
| 8 | Pott soon died , however , and Dobson was eventually reappointed on 14th June 1694 , but as from the original date . |
| 9 | Thorne 's ‘ Sports Page ’ , which was highly commended at last year 's Woodworker Show , uses more line than grain for the cartoon effect . |
| 10 | However , the area which ‘ A ’ Squadron had to cover was far too large , several of their jeeps were lost through parachute failures , and the squadron was greatly hampered from first to last by appalling freak weather conditions . |
| 11 | By this time the port was the third largest in England for imports , after London and Liverpool , and was only beaten into fourth place for exports by Newcastle . |
| 12 | She prayed steadily , all those seventeen years , for guidance , for confirmation that she was still fulfilling divine purpose , and was only interrupted at last by her mother 's voice , demanding in a querulous letter that Isobel should come home and nurse her while she died — as she had been told she soon would — of cancer . |
| 13 | If the litigant was not assisted at first instance , or before one of the appellate tribunals , a full application for a legal aid certificate must be made . |
| 14 | The alarm was not raised until last Friday when one arrived home with the wrong surname on an identity bracelet . |
| 15 | It was not love at first sight , but between the speaker and this member of his audience there developed a rapport that was fascination on her side and intense curiosity on his . |
| 16 | The committee 's existence was not disclosed until last week . |
| 17 | In the following year , the Institute was formally inaugurated on 15th June , with Donaldson as one of the Honorary Secretaries , and Earl de Grey as the President . |
| 18 | ADECISION on whether a trainee journalist should be jailed for contempt of court was yesterday adjourned until next month pending a hearing in the House of Lords . |
| 19 | She careered across the finish line minus her skis but was still credited with fourth place behind winner Carole Merle of France . |
| 20 | I suspect he was still smarting about last year 's Which ? report which put the AA slowest at reaching stranded motorists . |
| 21 | Toby was more reserved at first . |
| 22 | As the weekend progressed , that was quickly reduced to first three , first two and then winners only . |
| 23 | The remainder — Va'aiga Tuigamala and Walter Little in the backs , Paul Henderson and Graham Purvis in the pack — have largely been back-up strength in recent times , although Little was busily occupied at first five-eighths in four of the tests this season . |
| 24 | Together with Germany in the 1930s , Russia since 1917 has had the most penetrating system of political propaganda , but it was severely hampered at first by inefficient technical means for dissemination over vast spaces and many minority nationalities . |
| 25 | Cautioning was originally intended for first time young offenders and those , like this man , guilty of a minor crime . |
| 26 | This First Division match , always one of the most emotional , fiercely fought contests of the season , was originally scheduled for last Saturday . |
| 27 | Meredith 's forehead cleared , sensing that he was really listening at last . |
| 28 | Pistolet Blue , the 1991 Arc de Triomphe third , was surprisingly beaten into second place by Fortune 's Wheel in the Prix d'Harcourt at Longchamp yesterday . |
| 29 | The Harborough Navigation was triumphantly opened on 13th October 1809 . |
| 30 | Odds-on favourite last time at Haydock , he was narrowly beaten into third place , but tomorrow should prove third time lucky . |