Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] [art] 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 | Micky and the two girls were looking for a fourth person — someone having just moved out and on . |
| 4 | Both of the former two mosaics were attributed to the fourth century ( entirely on stylistic grounds ) , and by virtue of its association with the saltire mosaic ( pI . |
| 5 | New cottages were envisaged by the fourth tee but the District council planners objected , so a site alongside the 18th fairway was agreed to a building proceeded . |
| 6 | Ray Hankin , who took temporary charge when the team were heading towards the Fourth Division , was the first applicant . |
| 7 | To this was added the promise to privatise British Coal if the Conservatives were re-elected for a fourth term . |
| 8 | ‘ I played in the last game in the Third Division before we were relegated to the Fourth . |
| 9 | The Russians were opposed by the Fourth Austro-Hungarian Army ( Archduke Joseph Ferdinand ) just south of the Pripet Marshes with , on its right , the First Army ( von Brlog ) . |
| 10 | These were followed by a fourth sortie of around one hour ten minutes , involving a display . |
| 11 | Some steps against pluralism were taken at the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215 , but an altogether more far-reaching measure was promulgated at the Council of Lyons in 1274 . |
| 12 | So St Wilfrid the bishop and his clergy on bended knees lifted their hands again to heaven and gained the help of the Lord … who straightway bade the tide return before its usual hour , and while the pagans , on the coming of their king were preparing for a fourth battle , the sea came back and covered all the shore , so that the ship was floated and made its way into the deep . |
| 13 | Sunderland were playing against a fourth team ( whose tenure in the First Division was not in doubt ) . |
| 14 | It 's now fifteen months since the Tories were elected for a fourth term and what 've we seen since that election ? |
| 15 | Numerous churches were constructed in the fourth to sixth centuries after the establishment of Christianity as the official religion of Rome . |