Example sentences of "was [prep] [art] [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a polished round of jumping on his reappearance at Wincanton last month showed Country Member to be much more the finished article than he was as a novice last term . |
| 2 | Elisabetta was asking her something ; it was about the fireworks last year in the city , off the old harbour wall where they had reflected in the sea . |
| 3 | I was behind a post last year and the Irish scored three tries right on the other side of it . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was in a hotel last night and I would have loved to sit in the bar and have a drink . |
| 5 | Now I found this out because I was in a pub last night and someone told me . |
| 6 | AN ULSTER teenager was in a spin last week after prematurely celebrating winning a brand new car in a prize draw at a local disco . |
| 7 | Detectives are anxious to trace everyone who was in the bar last night . |
| 8 | That felt was in the window last week for twelve and six and … and leghorns are always expensive . |
| 9 | She was in the bed next to her . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Who was in the cricket last year ? |
| 12 | ‘ I was in the hotel last night . |
| 13 | He was in the hall next morning as Maggie came downstairs , and at the sight of her he walked forward to watch her descent . |
| 14 | He was in the third-year sixth when he got his place at Trinity Hall , Cambridge . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Odd you should ask , though , because he was in the shop last Thursday , wanting to talk to Beryl . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he began , ‘ can you be absolutely sure that the boy upstairs is the same one that was in the house last night ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 22 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or early on Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 23 | God 's call was to the Jew first . |
| 24 | ‘ The Prince was on a dahabeeyah last night coming back from Karnak and someone fell overboard . ’ |
| 25 | It 's quite interesting that it 's the theatre that 's doing it , I was on a course last week in Sussex , a management course and there was Bradford theatre companies were there erm , from all the different theatres and they , they organize it and they organize the volunteers |
| 26 | The light switch , round and brown like the one in the hall , was on the wall next to the dresser . |
| 27 | The writing was on the wall last year when the Government said it could not continue funding . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | A convicted murderer was on the run last night . |
| 30 | A PRISONER was on the run last night after giving his guards the slip while he was visiting his dying mother in hospital . |