Example sentences of "[ex0] was [noun] in [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was sand in his mouth . |
| 2 | There was fluid in my lungs , rattling and wheezing at every breath . |
| 3 | Instead of fire there was ice in her veins . |
| 4 | Though it trembled , there was music in his voice . |
| 5 | His hands and feet seemed to be constantly moving in almost impossibly splendiferous patterns , his eyes shone like June blackberries and there was music in his voice which seemed to roll up in great hopeful waves from deep in his abdomen . |
| 6 | There was helium in his blood . |
| 7 | The officer looked at him scornfully , but there was pity in his voice as he said quickly , ‘ Shoot him , man ! |
| 8 | There was doubt in her voice . |
| 9 | He admitted : ‘ There was doubt in my mind after the third round and I would have preferred to win by going head to head with Nick Price . |
| 10 | ’ But there was doubt in his voice . |
| 11 | Carrie 's hand dropped away from his arm and there was relief in her voice when she said , ‘ I saw you leaving and was worried about you . ’ |
| 12 | There was fury in his eyes . |
| 13 | ‘ But whether there was gold in his mind or not , whether he was concerned with the dollar parity or not , as soon as he caught sight of the girl waiting seductively under the lamp in front of him , he fell victim to his own undisciplined and obsessive hungers . |
| 14 | For the first time in her life Horatia was terrified of Rossmayne There was insanity in his eyes , and she knew without a doubt that at that moment he wanted to murder her . |
| 15 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 16 | There was triumph in her voice . |
| 17 | There was indignation in her voice , but he just smiled and bent to kiss her lips , unperturbed . |
| 18 | There was cramp in my neck and arms and I was so tired that it seemed almost as if a malevolent magnetism was trying to drag me to the ground . |
| 19 | There was frustration in his voice . |
| 20 | He filled up the doorway with his uneasy bulk and there was defiance in his eyes . |
| 21 | There was nausea in his stomach and sweat was gathering on his forehead . |
| 22 | Of a sudden , for Yeremi at least there was law in his surroundings . |
| 23 | There was evidence in our sample that more training was being organized internally , and that thought was being given as to how to achieve training objectives within this changing framework . |
| 24 | There was loathing in her voice , loathing restrained by laziness and boredom . |
| 25 | She was still breathless and there was air in her words . |
| 26 | There was panic in his voice . |
| 27 | Her eyes were as blue as the patch of bright sky which had suddenly emerged from between the clouds and when she looked at him he was sure there was invitation in their depths . |
| 28 | He was smiling at her , but there was concern in his eyes . |
| 29 | Fand looked different to Ruth ; there was life in her face , as if Fincara 's spells had lost some of their hold . |
| 30 | There was pride in his voice . |