Example sentences of "it [was/were] [vb pp] for the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was attended for the first time by observers from China and France , neither of which was a signatory of the treaty . |
| 2 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 3 | When a dispute arose under the contract , it was discovered for the first time that the copy returned by B had a number of terms printed on the back , in German , including a clause conferring jurisdiction in relation to disputes under the contract on the German courts . |
| 4 | It was certified for the first time in 1986 . |
| 5 | At last , wonder of wonders it was finished for the second time , I tried it on and it drowned me . |
| 6 | Car 127 was a similar snow plough , based at Fleetwood depot , where it survived until 1960 , when it was restored for the 75th Anniversary and re-numbered 2 , its Company number . |