Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [verb] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theresa Nolan , after having a medical termination on psychiatric grounds , had left a suicide note for her grandparents which they had confirmed was in her handwriting and which made her intention to kill herself plain beyond any doubt . |
| 2 | How could they say , as they all did , frequently and sanctimoniously , that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children ? |
| 3 | Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett continued to insist that everything they had done was in the best interests of the children . |
| 4 | The book made large , generous claims for life , and for itself : its beguiling charm made people reluctant to point out that what they had read was in fact a factitious marshalling of concerns that did not stand up too well to scrutiny . |
| 5 | As he was a brilliant classical scholar , it is possible that he realized that what he had discovered was in line with one of Hippocrates ' systems , formulated so many centuries before . |