Example sentences of "was [prep] the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Detectives are anxious to trace everyone who was in the bar last night . |
| 3 | That felt was in the window last week for twelve and six and … and leghorns are always expensive . |
| 4 | She was in the bed next to her . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Who was in the cricket last year ? |
| 7 | ‘ I was in the hotel last night . |
| 8 | He was in the hall next morning as Maggie came downstairs , and at the sight of her he walked forward to watch her descent . |
| 9 | He was in the third-year sixth when he got his place at Trinity Hall , Cambridge . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Odd you should ask , though , because he was in the shop last Thursday , wanting to talk to Beryl . |
| 13 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he began , ‘ can you be absolutely sure that the boy upstairs is the same one that was in the house last night ? |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or in the early hours of Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 17 | He said someone who was in the area last Friday night or early on Saturday must have seen the two attackers . |
| 18 | God 's call was to the Jew first . |
| 19 | The light switch , round and brown like the one in the hall , was on the wall next to the dresser . |
| 20 | The writing was on the wall last year when the Government said it could not continue funding . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A convicted murderer was on the run last night . |
| 23 | A PRISONER was on the run last night after giving his guards the slip while he was visiting his dying mother in hospital . |
| 24 | A DEFENDANT on trial for a horrifying knife murder was on the run last night after walking out of the Old Bailey . |
| 25 | Your grandparents seem to be fairly cheerful — Ken was on the phone last night , about some editing procedures connected with a project he 's recently undertaken . |
| 26 | There was as much in the loft as there was on the whole first floor . |
| 27 | We stop to chat about national affairs or the state of the Common , hardly ever about what was on the box last night . |
| 28 | ‘ Now , have a look at this interview that was on the News last night . ’ |
| 29 | That was on the telly last night were n't it ? |
| 30 | Actually , I sent Felicity to Summerhill because I saw this awfully exciting film called The Alamo , starring John Wayne , whom I adore , and he makes this absolutely glorious speech in it which goes ‘ Freedom , I like the sound of the word ’ , actually it 's ‘ Republic ’ he says , I know that because it was on the television last week , but I 've always heard it as ‘ Freedom ’ and I read that A S O'Neill positively breathed Freedom , as indeed do all the Irish , I find , and one has to have pots of money to go there , which gives one — what 's the word ? — sachet , which you do absolutely need to get into Society these days , and Felicity ( her name means Freedom , too , from the Latin , you know ) was frightfully keen to go , and does n't the name simply drip June in , say , the Cotswolds , and Felicity says there are teachers there with nothing to do at all , so you can tell the staff must be tip-top — I mean , what luxury ! spare staff ! — and Felicity 's always been such a tearaway and I know it 's jolly hard but I do think one needs Discipline to get one 's Freedom , I 've always had it , and Republics too , and now I gather she 's been on television , and Felicity was absolutely swearing by the school or something , Angela says , and where is it — somewhere pretty — she goes by train … |