Number Ten
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Queen Elizabeth was on the throne, Boris Johnson was in Number Ten and we were still living two metres apart with pandemic restrictions.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
The recommendations reached desks in the White House and Number Ten in London, to no effect.
From Newsweek • Sep. 25, 2012
By Giles Edwards Producer, BBC Radio 4's Day One in Number Ten The last few days have been some of the most extraordinary in modern British politics.
From BBC • May 17, 2010
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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