Example sentences of "was [vb pp] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Posters appeared in some villages advertising what was intended the next market day and calling on " one and all " to join in . |
| 2 | There was , of course , no such safety problem , as the safety inspector subsequently confirmed , and the steward was given the first of the warning notes , as planned . |
| 3 | He then ran back to his position , foolishly had another go at the midfielder with his elbow and was given the first dip in the Chester bath . |
| 4 | It was four days ( during which he was given the last rites ) before his doctors gave him a chance to live through . |
| 5 | The patient was discharged the next day . |
| 6 | Thibaut was considered the second most powerful man in France after the king . |
| 7 | This leaven was added the next time baking bread was done . |
| 8 | Isotron of Swindon was granted the first irradiation licence to preserve food . |
| 9 | Tonight , social services said nothing was done the first time because nobody believed the complaints . |
| 10 | The clause on which they finally agreed and which was adopted the next day as part of the constitution , read instead : Persons who can hear , taking an active interest in the welfare or education of the deaf and dumb , shall be eligible for admission to ordinary membership on the recommendation of five ordinary members of the Association . |
| 11 | If was for service to the monarchy , however , that he was made the first Earl Ashburnham in 1730 ; for a family that had begun as modest farmers in the medieval Weald , this was no mean achievement . |
| 12 | In 1905 he was made the first patriarch templar . |
| 13 | She had come to painting late but after the exhibition of ‘ Angela ’ in 1900 , an Impressionistic portrait of a woman at a mantelpiece in a shimmering , full-skirted dress , she was made the first female member of the New English Art Club . |
| 14 | He was a right , right and ultra right Labour party , and he was made the first chairman . |
| 15 | The young dog was shot the next day . |
| 16 | It was dated the fifteenth of April nineteen ninety three . |
| 17 | The headline in the London Evening Standard 's report — I 'm sorry , says man on murder charge — was transformed the next day into the more familiar story of girl hitch-hiker getting herself into trouble . |
| 18 | He died in London 13 January 1613 , and was buried the next day at All Saints the Less . |
| 19 | It was agreed the next day that I was run down . |
| 20 | The results were overwhelming : ‘ So much was sold the first night it was almost scary ’ , recalls Gerald Stiebel of Rosenberg and Stiebel , Inc . |
| 21 | On Soviet television on Sept. 4 Shevardnadze ( a Georgian ) called on Gamsakhurdia to " restore dialogue " with his opponents , but was accused the next day by Gamsakhurdia of being " an enemy of Georgia " , involved with Sigua and Khoshtaria in a " plot " organized by the " communist mafia " . |
| 22 | Susanna was born the next May . |
| 23 | , Sir Andrew ( c. 1492–1558 ) , merchant and alderman of London and founder of Tonbridge School , was born the third son of John Judde , gentleman , of Tonbridge , Kent , and his wife Margaret , daughter of Valentine Chiche and grand-niece of Archbishop Henry Chichele [ q.v . ] . |
| 24 | COMMANDER James McGuinness was born the fourth of seven children at Motherwell , Scotland on October 26 , 1896 . |
| 25 | None of the belligerents intended to fight what was called the second world war , they all entered into conflict , they all began er a rearmament programme with the idea of using violence as a means to secure lesser objectives . |
| 26 | Mark hencher from Newent In Gloucestershire was amoung the first on the scene . |
| 27 | For sinners , the death-bed was the stage on which was played the last act of the impending tragedy . |
| 28 | In 1933 , just after the port was completed , it handled 2,700,000 tons , was second only to Copenhagen among Baltic ports and was ranked the ninth largest European port . |
| 29 | Endill was tired the next day but slept underneath the floorboards in History class . |
| 30 | She was woken the next morning by Bridget , who appeared in her room carrying a cup of tea and a copy of the Sunday Herald . |