Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only last month the French navy intercepted and seized another Greenpeace ship which tried to land to establish a ‘ peace camp ’ on the main test island of Mururoa atoll , where more tests were due to begin next month . |
| 2 | Talks between the two communities were due to begin next month but Mr Clerides has said he intends to seek a postponement . |
| 3 | These were followed or interspersed by a windswept Starmer-Smith standing on the touchline , microphone in hand , sporting a selection from his extensive wardrobe of scarves and neckties , and promising delights which were sure to come next week but which had unaccountably failed to materialise this week . |
| 4 | The British troops were powerless to stop last night 's shootings after the convoy was held up near the Bosnian town of Novi Travnik by a crowd of women and children . |
| 5 | If anything , TV should enhance the value of those unspoken moments so rendingly charted in this production , and it will preserve three near-definitive performances which too few people were able to see last year either at Stratford or the Young Vic : operate singer White 's sweet-faced Moor , shiningly simple acting about which many London critics were unduly patronising ; McKellen 's sweaty and furious Iago ; and Zoe Wanamaker 's unforgettable Emilia , a belated voice of conscience and wisdom in a household destroyed by passion . |
| 6 | But London offered too many hostages to fortune at a time when all foreigners were suspect , and the police were inclined to arrest first and ask questions afterwards . |
| 7 | The team Forest were obliged to field last night , because of injuries , were tailor-made for a game Luton simply had to win . |