Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] be [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One French officer describes how he was buried three times that day in his trench , and dug out each time by his men . |
| 2 | If I was born on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh right , no if I was born on the eleventh about nineteen hundred , then on the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh of the eleventh , announce , that 's when I was born zero , six , six , eleventh , eleventh , sixty-six , I was eleven on the eleventh of the eleventh of seventy-seven , I was , I was twenty-two on the eleventh of the eleventh , eighty-eight , I was thirty-three on the eleventh of the eleventh noticed how they 're all double all the way through |
| 3 | While in Ceylon we visited Allied Headquarters in Kandy , where I was taken one afternoon by Colonel Christian into the ‘ War Room ’ to hear the reports received during the last twenty-four hours , and a commentary on them by a senior staff officer . |
| 4 | Yet , when one looks back , it all seems dim and forgotten already , except for the silly little incidents which stick in one 's mind , such as when we were dive-bombed one morning and the sergeant-major fell into his porridge ! … |
| 5 | ENGLAND 'S dramatic demise as a footballing world power hit rock-bottom this morning when they were beaten 2–0 by the United States . |
| 6 | DARLINGTON 'S dismal season plumbed new depths on Saturday when they were thrashed 83–6 by a Blaydon side just two divisions above them in the Courage League . |
| 7 | Gerry Francis , the QPR manager , demanded more steel from his men on the eve of their return to Hillsborough , where they were trounced 4-0 by Sheffield Wednesday in the Coca-Cola Cup three weeks ago . |
| 8 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
| 9 | MILES MACLAGAN bowed out of the British Satellite tournament at Eastbourne yesterday when he was beaten 6-3 , 6-1 by the No1 seed , Chris Wilkinson . |
| 10 | World No5 , Neal Foulds , became the fifth player in the top ten to be eliminated in the last 64 when he was beaten 5-3 by Paul Tanner . |
| 11 | JIM COURIER 's string of 1993 match victories ended yesterday when he was beaten 7-6 ( 7-5 ) , 6-1 by Derrick Rostagno in the first round of the Comcast US indoor men 's tournament in Philadelphia . |
| 12 | MARK PETCHEY , the third seed , crashed out of the Volkswagen National Championships yesterday when he was crushed 6–2 , 6–2 by Davis Cup team-mate Neil Broad in their third round match . |
| 13 | As Wilson recalled , his first experience of the courts occurred in April 1889 when he was fined five pounds and costs at Sunderland for having attempted to persuade two seamen to desert from the ss Edmonsley , an incident which Fairplay reported with glee . |
| 14 | Earlier , there had been disturbances in Snowdrop Street in the Kirkdale area of Liverpool where it is understood one of the youths being questioned was arrested . |
| 15 | There is a fine monumental effigy of him with his first wife in the church in Charlton , where he was buried 25 July 1598 . |
| 16 | , Sir Paul ( 1613–1685/6 ) , courtier , scientific patron , and founder member of the Royal Society , was born in Westminster , where he was baptized 11 May 1613 . |
| 17 | Greying a little at the temples , Leonard unconsciously confirms why he is labelled one of Canada 's sexiest men , a handsome and elegant man with dark eyes ( they are said to be green , but that never showed in the light of Montreal , nor in its wintry sunshine ) . |