Example sentences of "[pron] was in [noun prp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in Scotland for twelve years and was once congratulating myself and my friends a the University of Edinburgh on being , as I thought , so cosmopolitan . |
| 2 | I was in Europe for those crucial years — the Mediterranean , the Balkans , and then of course the Polish Corridor , Berlin . |
| 3 | Given the date , it was then a question of working backwards and consulting an old diary ; and I found that during the period in question I was in India for Panorama . |
| 4 | I was in Sydney for a few weeks , and had an affair with a broad . |
| 5 | I was in Winchester for St Giles ’ Fair last month — ' he paused and shook his head ‘ — but ‘ t was a poor showing this year , half the town still needing to be rebuilt , and the other half with scarce two farthings to rub together . |
| 6 | ‘ I was in Texas for three weeks out of eight on Ballad of the Sad Café . |
| 7 | After I did the course for two weeks I went down to a place in Ashford and I was in Ashford for twelve weeks , came back to Chelmsford , did another two weeks and then I was released as what 's known as probationer constable , a probationer constable . |
| 8 | I 've just put my house on the market in York I 've chosen the if erm that 's that 's you know the whole taking the whole scene into consideration , but if I was in Bournemouth for instance and buying a house in York and I said I phone three or four estates agents and said , Look please send me information through the post . |
| 9 | She was in London for a Royal Gala ballet performance to helps an AIDS trust . |
| 10 | In September , a month after the RSPCA conference , she was in England for the publication of her new book . |
| 11 | She was in Wales for the second time that year . |
| 12 | The other sister was er in High Wycombe , and the other one was in er Well she was in Creith for a number of years , And then she moved south because she was n't musical and there was no chance of getting of headmistresship in Scotland if you had n't got music . |
| 13 | I AM a member of the Russian Convoy Club ( sometimes known as The Snowdrops , I believe , because of our white berets ) who was in Liverpool for the commemoration events . |
| 14 | FA chief Graham Kelly , who was in Spain for England 's friendly , will fly home today to deal with the crisis . |
| 15 | At the request of the army the Collective State Presidency again held an extraordinary session on May 7 which was attended by Marcovic and the Kadijevic but not by Tudjman , who was in London for talks with United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd . |
| 16 | The Chinese deputy premier Li Peng , who was in Moscow for the occasion , publicly agreed that an improvement in relations was desirable ; an agreement on educational exchanges and a trade pact followed later in the year . |
| 17 | Describing the report as " shamefully inadequate " the Social Democrat delegate and others walked out and declared that they would withdraw completely if Modrow ( who was in Bulgaria for a COMECON meeting — see p. 37202 ) did not present a satisfactory report at the next session on Jan. 15 . |
| 18 | ‘ He was in Trinidad for some time last year . |
| 19 | I inquired after my brother , Max , who had finally agreed a few months ago to work for Dad 's firm , and I established that he was in Paris for a few more days . |
| 20 | He was in Heymouth for another eight days and … |
| 21 | Ramsay MacDonald , while he was Prime Minister , spoke at the annual dinner , and Gandhi accepted an invitation while he was in England for the Round Table Conference in 1933 . |
| 22 | By early June he was in London for the translation from St Paul 's to Canterbury of the body of St Ælfheah . |
| 23 | He was in France for six weeks in August and September and then had another two or three weeks staying with friends in the North of England and Scotland . |
| 24 | He was in Cullbridge for the night , and he 'd see his lad in the morning . |
| 25 | He was in Peru for a fortnight with his tall , red-cheeked friend , a.k.a . |
| 26 | He was in Australia for two weeks . |
| 27 | On July 22 Baker met with President Mubarak of Egypt in Cairo and on July 23 he was in Syria for talks with President Hafez al-Assad , and in the Bekaa valley , Lebanon , for talks with Lebanese President Elias Hrawi . |