Example sentences of "[noun] was in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wally was in the band a couple of years . |
| 2 | If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate … |
| 3 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 4 | Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing . |
| 5 | He says the card was in the name of the Rt Hon Norman Lamont , and the Chancellor simply signed as Norman Lamont . |
| 6 | The card was in the door , and you rang him up anyway |
| 7 | Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline . |
| 8 | Wall 's ( 1986 ) evidence shows that the really notable change between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth centuries was in the smaller number of people living in other people 's homes as servants or lodgers . |
| 9 | Boro recalled full back Curtis Fleming for the injured Gary Parkinson and Falconer was in the squad for the first time since suffering a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth in September . |
| 10 | Well er , she said they had this This is Your Life on and Neil was in the room in the lounge like and he 'd sort of been half watching it and then he said urgh mum ! |
| 11 | From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized . |
| 12 | She rushed indoors , using her choicest language , not realising that Erica was in the orchard . |
| 13 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup . |
| 16 | The salon was in the Ismailia quarter where all the best hotels were . |
| 17 | When it came to cooking the books , Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class . |
| 18 | Just before we left , while Dennis was in the loo , I grabbed his wife and kissed her on the mouth . |
| 19 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 20 | Armed or otherwise , the Hooligan was in the headlines . |
| 21 | By 9.45 pm , 10.00 pm at the very latest , a full episode was in the can , complete with its opening and closing title graphics , all the incidental music , all optical and mechanical effect sequences , even the strange and weird electronic voices of such monsters as the Daleks and the Mechonoids . |
| 22 | She was stood in the wings refilling the whisky decanter , picturing herself seated at a concert grand on the platform of the Philharmonic Hall — Meredith was in the front row gazing up at her with adoration — when three men walking one behind the other filed through the pass-door into the auditorium . |
| 23 | Portadown itself lay in the parish of Drumcree and the little suburb of Edenderry was in the parish of Seagoe . |
| 24 | ‘ The trophy was in the shape of a wooded scroll with a quartz clock and a brass plate inscribed with the words , ‘ Presented to Joan Rawson by the Stockport & District Concert Secretaries at the 29th Command Show 1992 . ’ |
| 25 | From the equipment , we can see that the Frankish horse soldier was in the earliest stages of development into the armed and armoured knight of later centuries . |
| 26 | In such a case it was argued , following St Augustine , that since the soldier was in the service of his lord , it was the lord who must accept responsibility . |
| 27 | Among the Best Actor losers , Dustin was in the prestigious company of Paul Newman ( Cool Hand Luke ) , Warren Beatty ( Bonnie and Clyde ) . |
| 28 | The High court ruled that the documentary Murder in Mind was in the public interest , but within hours , an appeal was launched . |
| 29 | ‘ But the brother-in-law was in the same line of business . ’ |
| 30 | When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . |