Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [was/were] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second plea was to the regime for ‘ clear and convincing steps ’ towards putting the country on a just , democratic and socialist course . |
| 2 | Her charm was such that her second marriage was with a man twenty years her junior , Sir John Danvers . |
| 3 | My second job was as a secretary . |
| 4 | The second day was in the survival tank in Lowestoft College . |
| 5 | The second outing was from the car park on Chalk Hill . |
| 6 | The second example was of a time when Caesar was ill , and cried to Titinius to get him a drink , as feebly as a woman might ( says Cassius ) , and he bore his illness in a cowardly way . |
| 7 | His second shot was in the rough on the left , but a long way down and then he chips stone-dead . |
| 8 | The second doubt was about the cost . |
| 9 | The Reform movement of the eleventh century was behind the building up of the college of cardinals and its privileges . |
| 10 | To be fair , the Eighth Army was in a state of some confusion and was having to plan the defence of the Nile Delta . |
| 11 | The Nicholson a double in the big meeting at Ascot … first winner was For the Grain and then good old Waterloo Boy won the major race of the day … |
| 12 | Edward 's first responsibility was for the receipt and expenditure of the money assigned for the operations , a responsibility discharged through a special exchequer set up in 1246 , over which he presided . |
| 13 | The first course was on the table when we went into the dining-room . |
| 14 | His first question was about the time she was having , his first statement that the cat — and he — were doing fine . |
| 15 | The first need was for a way to evaluate positions : to see which side was ahead , and by how much . |
| 16 | And so off I went then and me first job was at the Dye Works , but just at the shop delivering , as a delivery boy . |
| 17 | His first job was as a cloth-cutter and sewing machinist in a factory . |
| 18 | She studied Fine Arts at Leeds University and her first job was as a reporter on House and Garden magazine . |
| 19 | My first job was as a shorthand typist — I was fired after three days , mainly for poor spelling . |
| 20 | My first job was as a carpenter . |
| 21 | ‘ I had just finished my university course , and my first job was in the south of France , very close to that little village where your house is . ’ |
| 22 | After winning the Enfield by-election in 1984 , his first job was in the whip 's office , followed by a stint as junior health minister . |
| 23 | Bunter , whose first appearance was in the Magnet comic in 1908 , was last seen on television in the 1950s , with Gerald Campion in the title role . |
| 24 | Their first allegiance was to the Messiah whose embrace they eagerly awaited . |
| 25 | The first marketplace was on the site of Široká Street . |
| 26 | The first occasion was as a player 18 years ago . |
| 27 | The first occasion was in the wake of the Czech crisis and the Munich agreement of 1938 . |
| 28 | Mario 's first outing was in a Lotus 49 at Monza in 1968 . |
| 29 | At this place the terrace was inaccessible , being several feet below the level of the room , and her first glimpse was of the back of a dark head down below . |
| 30 | Seona Dancing : First gig was in the bar of University College , London . |