Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] was in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My car was in the air , flying … |
| 2 | My body was in the dining-room . |
| 3 | Mm , I came to Harlow with my parents , when my husband was in the Air Force |
| 4 | My wife was in the bathroom . ’ |
| 5 | My father was in the army , we were living in the country , and she stayed and worked in London . |
| 6 | I came to Saigon eight years ago when my father was in the army . |
| 7 | My father was in the Army . |
| 8 | I was away with my mother and sister at the time , but my father was in the house . |
| 9 | I learnt later that it was the island of Trinidad , and that my island was in the mouth of the River Orinoco on the north coast of South America . |
| 10 | My master was in the habit , when he was particularly busy with his scientific work , of writing orders on pieces of paper and leaving them on the stairs . |
| 11 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 12 | And I tried to save up for a car cos my son was in the army . |
| 13 | So I said , My brother was in the army then and my father was there on his own , so I asked him , I said , Can we put them in the workshop ? |
| 14 | Well my brother was in the Artillery and I thought well it be nice if I can get with him but that did n't work out that way . |
| 15 | ‘ You were gentle , warm and willing but my mother was in the house . |
| 16 | Her handbag was in the bedroom . |
| 17 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 18 | Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine . |
| 19 | And Her Majesty was in the parade ring to assess the runners and riders for the big race , the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase . |
| 20 | Last time their work was in THE FACE it had to be censored . |
| 21 | The action project began on 1 April 1984 and any people aged 65 or over who were referred to the hospital psychogeriatric service during the 12 months to the end of March 1985 and who were diagnosed as suffering from dementia , became members of the action sample if they lived in the action area , and of the control sample if their home was in the control area ( so long as they were not living permanently in an institution at the time of referral and they or their carers gave consent for their inclusion ) . |
| 22 | The basic text was Scouting for Boys , although the clue to its meaning was in the subtitle : A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship . |
| 23 | Her parents lived in another part of the country and her husband was in the army and away for long periods of time . |
| 24 | One of them was complaining in a quiet , slow alto voice that her husband was in the habit of leaving everything lying on the floor ; books , socks , newspapers , even matches and pipes . |
| 25 | She said I could n't stay with her , that her aunty was in the house , things like that , so I had nowhere to go . |
| 26 | His mother had done them — her name was in the corner . |
| 27 | She had no way of knowing it was the same man who had interrogated Madeleine , then made her his mistress , any more than Madeleine could know that her friend was in the building being interrogated by him . |
| 28 | Her father was in the anteroom , waiting for her with a dour face and uneasy eyes , but so closely attended by page and chamberlain that barely a word beyond her submissive greeting and his mumbled acknowledgement , phrased as a blessing but uttered like a malediction , was able to pass between them . |
| 29 | She was fond of this lively piece but , on this occasion , her mind was n't on it because her father was in the house . |
| 30 | As her opening music rang out , she ran up to the wings , her spirits considerably buoyed up by knowing her father was in the audience , and by the fact that she 'd felt a tiny but unmistakable buzz of excitement on hearing those familiar chords . |