Example sentences of "who [was/were] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Manufacturing systems manager Phil Knapper said : ‘ Congratulations to both factories for setting such high standards and also to Mason 's Ironstone who were beaten into second place by just one point . |
| 2 | The soldiers were being guided by treaty Nez Perce , who were ambushed on 17th July by Joseph 's warriors . |
| 3 | The crushing defeat of the NDP raised questions as to the political future of Haynes — once commonly described as " the second most powerful man in Barbados " — who was beaten into third place in his own constituency . |
| 4 | Although he did know George Gardner , who was born on 19th September 1778 , he did not mention meeting his father Daniel Gardner , the portrait painter who was born in 1750 and died in 1805 . |
| 5 | William Hogarth , who was born on 9th . |
| 6 | December 1936-before being crowned — in favour of his brother , the Duke of York , who was crowned on 12th . |
| 7 | He was succeeded by George Bamford who was appointed on 17th September 1521 and stayed in office until 1533 . |
| 8 | Among the six candidates on the short list were the Rev. Elkanah Hoyle and the Rev. George Porter , and it was the latter , a graduate of Christ 's College , Cambridge , who was appointed on 20th January 1792 . |
| 9 | Sgt. Robertson , who was flying about fifth in the line of Hurricanes ( in V7495 ) , and who recorded that the success of the attack owed much to Lambert 's leadership and positioning of the squadron , attacked another Stuka from astern , setting fire to the starboard wingroot . |
| 10 | Billy McNeill , who was working at last night 's game for television , recalled a visit to Canada when he was invited to watch Toronto Blizzard . |
| 11 | John Tugwell , the bank 's respected executive who was drafted in last year to help reorganise the troubled subsidiary , said the turn-around performance is expected to continue . |