Example sentences of "he be [vb pp] in the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know what you 're thinking , but he 's changed in the last year or so . |
| 2 | His reign as champion , however , lasted only two months and he was stopped in the tenth round of a return contest in New York City . |
| 3 | After winning his first 13 fights , Ferguson 's career slump started when he was stopped in the 10th round by former contender Carl Williams in August 1985 . |
| 4 | Two fights later , he was stopped in the sixth by Tyson , whom he had helped prepare for several fights as a sparring partner . |
| 5 | He conceded 12lb and paid the penalty when he was stopped in the third round . |
| 6 | In Ecgfrith 's case , by the same principle , if he was killed in the fifteenth year of his reign and had only been king fourteen years , he may have become king in 671 and certainly could not have done so before 21 May 670 . |
| 7 | ‘ He was killed in the last war , before I was born . |
| 8 | But he was kept in the first team for too long . |
| 9 | Obviously Wordsworth 's performance in his studies at school must have been outstanding for him to have started off at Cambridge with such a lead , and it is hardly surprising that in the college examination in 1787 he was placed in the first class . |
| 10 | He was eliminated in the first round , coming fourth behind de Gaulle , Mitterrand and Jean Lecanuet . |
| 11 | He was booked in the first half for having a go at Whelan , and did a few other challenges worthy of his bad name . |