Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [was/were] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First though he had to make sure that the person he burned to confront was in fact there . |
| 2 | the so-called ‘ defense line ’ to which the Ambassador had referred was in actuality merely an enumeration of those sectors in the western Pacific in which the United States held firm military commitments : i.e. our responsibilities as an occupying Power in Japan , our special interest in the Philippines as a former part of United States territory etc . |
| 3 | The men he had suspected were in prison serving life sentences . |
| 4 | The last time this had happened was in Belfast , when they had cornered that PIRA bastard in the cellar . |
| 5 | The best time I had playing was in Africa , out in Zambia . |
| 6 | As he was a brilliant classical scholar , it is possible that he realized that what he had discovered was in line with one of Hippocrates ' systems , formulated so many centuries before . |
| 7 | The book made large , generous claims for life , and for itself : its beguiling charm made people reluctant to point out that what they had read was in fact a factitious marshalling of concerns that did not stand up too well to scrutiny . |