Example sentences of "[was/were] in the [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I taped you while you were in the toilet the other day . |
| 2 | Your Mum and Dad were in the audience the other night . |
| 3 | Once you were in the chair the tooth was as good as out , because Luigi had no intention of missing a chance to exercise his skill . |
| 4 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 5 | North and England backs coach , Mike Slemen , said : ‘ The lesson for us was in the way the Springboks closed us down . |
| 6 | The first promise of money would be hardest to get , but once it was in the bag the others , not wanting to be left out , would fall in line . |
| 7 | I was in the house the night you came back , and I watched you try the french windows , and then go round to the back to find the kitchen window locked , too . |
| 8 | It was in the silence the love was . |
| 9 | I was in the supermarket the other day |
| 10 | I was in the supermarket the other day and then this bloke , I saw this bloke pick up this massive bottle of er vinegar right , and he took the top off there was some old woman just going down the aisle and he just started pouring it all over her |
| 11 | Lance Percival was in the audience the night that Ken descended on the stage from a rope , curled up his lips , flared his nostrils and in the snide voice he had used a hundred times in the Hancock shows slipped in a ‘ Hello ’ that had the Williams fans rolling . |
| 12 | Marjorie does the books ; their son John runs the shop and helps with the coaching ; his wife Janie does the typing , and when I was in the office the lad who brought in the post said ‘ There you are , Grandad ’ and turned out to be John 's son , James . |
| 13 | He was standing in the kitchen , and she was in the living-room the other side of the units . |
| 14 | Yeah , there 's got in , it was in the paper the other night the team of a hundred people gon na take fourteen days to erect this mega stage for Queen that 's gon na build at Wembley |