Example sentences of "[was/were] built [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few local lines were built first , and then a larger company stepped in with a grand strategy to create a trunk route and compete for valuable traffic . |
| 2 | The operating theatres at RAF Wroughton were built last year … but only three of them are in regular use . |
| 3 | One carriageway and parapet was built first alongside the old bridge and a single tram track laid on it , reached by temporary crossovers and single track on the grass verge of the bridge approaches . |
| 4 | The back was built first . |
| 5 | Cos I know it was and a Yes the other side was built first too |
| 6 | it was built first to show pictures , then turned into a dance hall . |
| 7 | So much of the station was given over to the passengers , who by 1863 numbered 2.1 million annually , that a special parcels depot was built next to the station proper in 1889 . |
| 8 | Rather curiously , soon after the first tower-house was built , a second , of L-shaped plan , was built next to it . |
| 9 | About ten years ago a near science block was built next to the main block . |