Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] the [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO Northern companies were in the limelight last week as Tyne Tees Television recommended to its shareholders that they accept merger proposals with Yorkshire TV . |
| 2 | ‘ And you , Master Daunbey , were in the chamber next to him , ’ Lady Carey retorted . |
| 3 | FOUR remand prisoners were on the run last night after they attacked prison officers and jumped handcuffed through a smashed window of a moving coach . |
| 4 | FOUR remand prisoners were on the run last night after they attacked prison officers and jumped handcuffed through the smashed window of a moving coach . |
| 5 | Four men were on the run last night after smashing their way with a sledgehammer into Harper 's jeweller 's shop in Montpelier Parade , Harrogate . |
| 6 | FIVE prisoners being tried in connection with the Strangeways riot were on the run last night after escaping from a court . |
| 7 | SHARES in the Savoy Hotel group were on the move last night , fuelled by bid talk . |
| 8 | ‘ I hear you were on the box last night , ’ said small , cheerful voices in Dyson 's ear . |
| 9 | Yeah , but you were at the school last year , you had things to do . |
| 10 | ‘ But all I needed to do was look at the support I got from the club and the fans when we were at the bottom last season . |
| 11 | Detectives are anxious to trace everyone who was in the bar last night . |
| 12 | That felt was in the window last week for twelve and six and … and leghorns are always expensive . |
| 13 | She was in the bed next to her . |
| 14 | Mrs Marsden tells us that by chance , Sgt Lawson 's sister , who now lives at Beckenham , Kent , was in the church last Remembrance Sunday when , to her surprise , her brother 's name was read out . |
| 15 | Who was in the cricket last year ? |
| 16 | ‘ I was in the hotel last night . |
| 17 | He was in the hall next morning as Maggie came downstairs , and at the sight of her he walked forward to watch her descent . |
| 18 | He was in the third-year sixth when he got his place at Trinity Hall , Cambridge . |
| 19 | I would like to add here that after the PM 's announcement and the start of the siren wailing there was a dignified stroll to the shelters , but as the tempo of the siren note seemed to get more urgent the pace quickened and no one wanted to start a sprint but I , being a scrum-half , anticipated this and was in the shelter first . |
| 20 | You may not believe this , but though Richard and I have now known each other for eighteen years on and off , the first time he kissed me was in the car-park last Thursday . ’ |
| 21 | Odd you should ask , though , because he was in the shop last Thursday , wanting to talk to Beryl . |
| 22 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he began , ‘ can you be absolutely sure that the boy upstairs is the same one that was in the house last night ? |
| 23 | THE King 's Cross international railway terminal and property development was in the balance last night after MPs on the committee examining a private bill to approve the scheme decided to suspend a decision until December 5 . |
| 24 | Do you know who I might see , I might see that girl , Michelle who lived 'cos I saw her last Thursday , she was in the classroom next to us . |
| 25 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 26 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or early on Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 27 | God 's call was to the Jew first . |
| 28 | The light switch , round and brown like the one in the hall , was on the wall next to the dresser . |
| 29 | The writing was on the wall last year when the Government said it could not continue funding . |
| 30 | He was a dredgerman yes , see he was on the river first then he went on the dredger and course that 's before my time and that was during the First World War he was on he was at Ramsgate . |