Example sentences of "[vb pp] that [pron] was in " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1950 a polled Finnish bull was imported — and more than one Irishman has claimed that it was in fact an Irish Moiled , in the firm belief that all polled Scandinavian cattle were descended from polled Irish cattle seized by raiding Norsemen and Danes . |
| 2 | Ever since that morning when he 'd briefly pinned her to the mattress , gazing down at her so intently that his eyes had seemed to search her very soul , she 'd realised that she was in deep trouble . |
| 3 | It was D'Arcy who raised the subject of The Criterion , because he had heard that it was in difficulties . |
| 4 | ‘ At the time the [ father ] made his application to the court the local authority had decided that it was in the best interests of the children that they be placed with long-term foster parents . |
| 5 | From the time that my colleagues in the House of Commons did me the honour of electing me to be their leader I have felt that I was in the position of a trustee ; and even throughout the war the one thing that I have aimed at constantly has been to preserve . |
| 6 | He had felt that he was in the presence of something that wished him harm ; some malign , unseen enemy who wanted to scare him into leaving . |
| 7 | JH : Moving on to another great love of yours , Franz Schubert ; I have always felt that he was in many ways cut short in his prime , almost as thought he was on the verge of finding himself creatively . |
| 8 | It might be said that it was in 1973 that Warrant Officer Dirk Coetzee 's real life began . |
| 9 | In a recent analysis of the garotting panic of 1862 , Jennifer Davis has argued that there was in fact no startling upsurge in crimes of violence which could justify the extent of the alarm . |
| 10 | It could therefore be argued that it was in the interests of the Soviet Union to see the Korean peninsula in the hands of a friendly regime and American-Japanese interests pushed out of the Asian continent . |
| 11 | But it must not be thought that he was in this alone in his society : there were others also who were not . |
| 12 | f was told that it was in order to save the rest of my sight : a new laser beam method was to be tried . |
| 13 | They climbed the stairs to Sir Rufus Stone 's chambers , and were told that he was in conference . |
| 14 | I telephoned Downing Street in quest of the Prime Minister , but was told that he was in Rome awaiting a call from me since he was anxiously concerned about the consultants and the possibility that their action might indeed have fatal consequences for some patients . |
| 15 | It is a little difficult to explain why the 1 January method superseded 25 March as the start of the historical year , although it can be shown that it was in ordinary use early in the eighteenth century , as witness such as ‘ A True and Perfect Inventory of the Goods and Chattells of John Green Deceased the eight day of January 1713/14 ’ . |
| 16 | On the other hand , on a different occasion she expressed feelings of depression and powerlessness in the face of professional opinion , conceding that she might allow him to go to residential school if it could be shown that it was in his best interests . |
| 17 | This is hypothetical , of course , but Sweeney Agonistes had demonstrated that it was in such drama , rather than social realism , that his theatrical talents really lay . |
| 18 | Isabella , Mr Edgar 's sister , a pretty girl of eighteen , suddenly declared that she was in love with Heathcliff . |
| 19 | My way would be to lay planks and make do with these until I had confirmed that it was in fact a good swim . |
| 20 | It was soon discovered that he was in fact spying for the French . |