Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] a fourth " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three of them ran downstairs to the debtor 's room where they were joined by a fourth helper , Mrs Bangham , charwoman and messenger who volunteered her services as flycatcher and general attendant , and fanned the patient with a cabbage leaf throughout her delivery . |
| 2 | All three hung in the air , moving and looping , until they were joined by a fourth : white , green , red , blue . |
| 3 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 4 | These were followed by a fourth sortie of around one hour ten minutes , involving a display . |
| 5 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 6 | A mixed population of ECL cells and cells resembling P cells by the granule size was observed in patient no 5 while very heterogeneous cellular proliferation with a prominent ECL cell component was found in a fourth case ( case no 1 ) . |
| 7 | Ieremia Tabai has been President since independence and was elected for a fourth term on May 12 , 1987 , despite a constitutional prohibition on any individual serving more than three terms in the post . |