Example sentences of "was [verb] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the final lap , Mark Smyth ( O'Rourkes Coal ) opened a small gap just before the climb and he was joined first by Graham , then Alastair Martin ( Ardsike the Bike ) and Gerald Irvine ( Toyota North Down ) with Cormac McCann ( Phoenix ) the last to make a successful effort to bridge 21 the gap . |
| 2 | He was joined last week by a handful of defeated Liberal Democrats including Nicol Stephen , who won Kincardine and Deesside the same night Dr Kumar won Langbaurgh November 7 . |
| 3 | Gwenellen was seeing next to nothing of her fiancé , Tom Lofthouse , as the surgical side was having another of its regular breathless rushes . |
| 4 | His slender figure was plunged first into light then into shadow as he passed before the slitted windows . |
| 5 | The mill at Kilchoman is of particular interest being constructed from corrugated iron sheets and was erected first at Craigens farm and moved to Kilchoman when the farmer who owned it went there . |
| 6 | He was reliving last night : on the Wheel , in the tunnels . |
| 7 | The scheme was halted last year after an alliance of environmentalists and native Americans succeeded in obtaining a judicial order on the grounds that a number of endangered species , including the purple warty back mussel , had been found about a mile from a planned drainage pipe outlet . |
| 8 | Scotland must win the Malta game by a convincing margin , yet Roxburgh could be without McCoist , the scorer of 41 goals for Rangers this season , and Gordon Durie , who was withdrawn last week because of injury . |
| 9 | The Janata Dal was formed last year in an attempt to unite the national opposition . |
| 10 | So they compromised and gave £100 to the Barlow Clowes Investors Group which was formed last July to represent the investors ' interests and co-ordinate the fight for compensation . |
| 11 | The original Community Care Support Force was formed last year to help both health and local authorities prepare for implementation . |
| 12 | The AEEU was formed last May after the Amalgamated Engineering Union merged with the Electrical , Electronic , Telecommunication and Plumbing Union . |
| 13 | A NEW think-tank , Demos , was formed last night aimed at encouraging fresh political ideas that are independent of both Right and Left . |
| 14 | Today 's case brings the number of successful prosecutions in the Thames region to thirty four since the N R A was formed last year . |
| 15 | Les Parsons , an ‘ exemplary ’ third-year student at Broadland School of Nursing , was dismissed last July after he refused to continue administering ECT . |
| 16 | And former manager Terry Butcher , who was dismissed last January , has taken out a High Court writ for the remaining two years of his contract — an estimated £500,000 . |
| 17 | well , like I 'd say I 'd go down to post office , I say no I 'll go with ya , it was raining last Thursday , I said no I 'll go with ya , so I said I 'll wait and see if it 'll , it 'll be fine , but he 's not like that he 's an old , I would n't , well |
| 18 | THE horror of life in Serb concentration camps was exposed last night in a harrowing ITN film which showed a new Holocaust in the making . |
| 19 | The extent of the problems faced by students at the poly was highlighted last week when it was revealed that some students were living in cars , and others had to turn down places because of the lack of affordable housing . |
| 20 | Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation . |
| 21 | He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid . |
| 22 | The other architects to be awarded prizes for Second Empire designs on the War Department list were Botrel d'Hazeville , whose grand scheme resembling the Louvre was given second place ; John Thomas Rochead , whose design united the two offices in an ornate single building with high-roofed corner pavilions , was awarded third place ; the brothers , Edward and William Habershon , whose scheme for one large building with prominent central and corner pavilions and mansard roofs , around a central quadrangle , was given one of the fifth equal places ; along with John Dwyer , whose treatment was very similar to Rochead 's , but less ornate . |
| 23 | He was given sixth . |
| 24 | I think in fact it 's a bit of a cheek for the Chief Constable to go to the Home Secretary here ev , Home Secretary again this year , asking for more officers , when he has n't recruited all the ones that he was given last year . |
| 25 | A similar performance was given last year . |
| 26 | A similar performance was given last year . |
| 27 | The targets I was given last year in my appraisal were n't covered at all this year in my appraisal by the manager , |
| 28 | Surkov was to go first . |
| 29 | The dog was poisoned first , was n't it ? |
| 30 | Turner used to change his work when he saw who he was hanging next to . |