Example sentences of "[was/were] start [prep] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first true prep schools were started in the nineteenth century , in the confused wake of the great public schools . |
| 2 | Both these events were started in the twentieth century , but the custom is a very ancient one . |
| 3 | The swelling was classic for Kali Carb. and the case was started with the 200th potency . |
| 4 | The furniture industry ( 4 on the map ) was on the city outskirts when it was started in the last century . |
| 5 | ‘ It was started in the fifteenth century . ’ |