Example sentences of "was [verb] [prep] the [adj] eighteenth " in BNC.
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| 1 | An inscription says it was caught in the late eighteenth century and weighed sixty eight and a half pounds . |
| 2 | At the old medieval naval base of Portsmouth the planned suburb of Portsea was added in the early eighteenth century to house the workers in the new and expanded dockyard . |
| 3 | No. 3 , St James 's Street has been the company premises since it was rebuilt in the early eighteenth century and the name Berry Bros. & Rudd Ltd. , as it is now known , was established in 1943 . |
| 4 | Certainly the slave trade was expanding in the early eighteenth century ; more slaves were being bought in Africa than before , and the wars among Africans to provide captives to sell had more of a disturbing effect on the states of West Africa . |
| 5 | Little Lough was created in the early eighteenth century by damming the stream that is the source of the River Wansbeck , and Great Lough was formed in 1850 , immediately upstream . |