Number Ten
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"The choreography is a strange dance, I suspect, between Number Ten and the Palace," says royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Mr Blair will also face questions from Ulster-born Labour MP Kate Hoey, who was sports minister during Mr Blair's time in Number Ten but later lost her job.
From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2015
The recommendations reached desks in the White House and Number Ten in London, to no effect.
From Newsweek ● Sep. 25, 2012
What did Diego Maradona say about Fidel Castro after he had interviewed the Cuban President on his television chat show The Night of the Number Ten?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2010
Less than three months later, on September 9, 1963, Governor Wallace signed Executive Order Number Ten of the Governor of Alabama.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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