Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [was/were] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian the other children spoke in school was not a dialect like my Triestino and in many subjects I was in any case behind the others , a thought which made me very unhappy . |
| 2 | In its grace , fire , and expressive fluency it was in some ways an important transition between the old Teutonic Bach style of the nineteenth century and what we expect now from the so-called authenticity movement . |
| 3 | Your so-called Gittel 's not the only one who is n't quite the girl she was in that far-off summertime . ’ |
| 4 | Last fall in the wake of the meltdown in Wall Street I was in this very TV store , watching the noon news . |
| 5 | She saw him cross impetuously to his wife , lift her bodily by the waist , and kiss her heartily ; and she knew that before the latch clashed into place they were in each other 's arms . |
| 6 | After studying the small lake he knew instinctively that if there was a fish it was in this pool . |
| 7 | and then the next day I was in that shop working away and on my life this was |
| 8 | Although Winter said nothing there was no evidence he was in any way party to events . |
| 9 | all these drugs he 's been having , so they gave him some er tablets and er , he said on Sunday he was in such pain , so he said try these , he has given me some before , but er , you 're supposed to take two and I was only taking one |
| 10 | On Saturday morning I was in such a hurry that I only said a quick goodbye to my family , before setting out to walk the few miles into town for the London coach . |
| 11 | This morning she was in another of her daydreams , it looked like to the exasperated Victorine . |
| 12 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 13 | So yeah erm so erm tt er yeah so oh that reminds me I think I may have left something in the lecture theatre I was in this morning , oh my God it was a letter from somebody yes I have , oh shit ! |
| 14 | ‘ When I opened the door she was in such a terrible condition I could n't believe it . |
| 15 | The first time I saw Mrs Colonel Goreng she was in that jeep . |
| 16 | Sooner , rather than later , and generally after a few stiff drams , Joicey would break into the Gaelic , roaring and shouting at the top of his voice : ‘ Man to man it was in those days . |
| 17 | If Haser could be brought down by the Swiss for money-laundering , so the theory went , then he would have no reason to dig the hole he was in any deeper by embarrassing the CIA with gratuitous revelations about the agency 's arms deals with Saddam Hussein . |
| 18 | At times like that I could not care a toss for JTR and wondered why the hell I was in such a situation . |
| 19 | She can still tell the police you were in that shooting and once they get you , you can forget you ever had any friends or were ever in the Army . |
| 20 | Whatever the reason he was in that room it was n't for food . |
| 21 | Richard was small and skinny for his age , part of the reason he was in this mess . |
| 22 | He added : ‘ There was no intimation from his doctor he was in any way suicidal . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The last time I was in this room , ’ Samantha reminisces , ‘ me and Gail were funking each other senseless . |
| 24 | It followed , too , from the assumptions that the British made about the Masai 's conservatism , it appearing self-evident to them that because the Masai were so conspicuously uninterested in Western civilization they were in all respects content with the status quo ; so closely were Westernization and agitation linked in the administrative mind . |
| 25 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |