Example sentences of "was under control " in BNC.
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| 1 | We travelled on Friday , hoping for an early night and a crisp , prompt start the next morning , and so far everything was under control , right down to having remembered that all-important flask . |
| 2 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 3 | Before their joint tour to Korea , Palace officials thought the Charles and Diana storm was under control . |
| 4 | Organisationally , the investigation was under control and for the moment the focal point was Farnborough . |
| 5 | After 1976 unemployment in Germany was falling , inflation was under control and exports were expanded to offset the cost of oil imports . |
| 6 | Everything , he said , was under control . |
| 7 | Moscow was thereby reassured that the situation in Cuba was under control . |
| 8 | Once everything was under control , it was as if the pain and fear were lifted away — from then on it was just hard work ! ’ |
| 9 | His anger was under control now , and his voice was lazily mocking . |
| 10 | Fighting continued into a second day , with the presidential palace again coming under fire from the air and from snipers , despite presidential assurances to the country that the situation was under control . |
| 11 | Said an excited David Bowie , minutes after the grand finale , ’ A lot of us would do a show like Live Aid every year until starvation was under control . |
| 12 | Telling me that everything was under control . |
| 13 | Her own business needed her attention , but she 'd been in touch with her manager , and everything was under control . |
| 14 | She was under control when , in pleasant tones , she stated , ‘ To be more exact , I 'd intended to speak to Lubor to enquire if he 'd any idea when you might be returning from Prague . ’ |
| 15 | Four fire engines two from Granagetown and two from Middlesbrough fought the flames for an hour before the blaze was under control . |
| 16 | The incident was under control within a few minutes and no-one was injured . |