Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large part of the building was in flames . |
| 2 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |
| 3 | In Reg. v. Mason as in Reg. v. Payne [ 1963 ] 1 W.L.R. 637 , the defendant was in police custody at a police station . |
| 4 | Much of the work was in factories or other urban forms of employment , and many part-time farmers travelled considerable distances each day to their work . |
| 5 | When I rushed up to my room M was there sitting at the pembroke table ( Minny was standing by the wall — looking frightened , I think G.P. was there , too , and other people , for some peculiar reason ) and the picture was in shreds — great long strips of canvas . |
| 6 | The Turks did nothing to stop the fire , and by morning the town was in cinders . |
| 7 | ‘ Almost everyone in the court was in tears — even the legal teams who have been with us for two years , ’ said Mary . |
| 8 | The Japanese ended the Pacific War penniless , starving and exhausted ; the economy was in ruins . |
| 9 | One way of interpreting this is to ascertain whether the student was in halls or rented accommodation which was only available during term time . |
| 10 | ‘ He knew every inch of that path , and how dangerous the cliff was in places . |
| 11 | The church was in ruins , and the monks had put up a temporary building over the main altar , where they gathered round the body of St Dunstan for their daily offices . |
| 12 | In view of all this , it is hardly surprising that Domesday Book reveals a country in which the church was in places a mighty landowner . |
| 13 | The hearing was in chambers and is reported with consent of Sir Stephen Brown P. |
| 14 | The hearing was in chambers and judgment was delivered in open court . |
| 15 | The juggernaut was in flames . |
| 16 | A spokeswoman for Database said the company was in negotiations with EDS until IBM Italia , which holds 22.5% of the company , found out and put a stop to them . |
| 17 | THE ELEPHANT WAS IN STITCHES 1951 A.D. |
| 18 | The machines that they had worked at were now idle , the section was in ruins . |
| 19 | ‘ It was a beautiful ceremony — the mother was in floods of tears , ’ says Margaret . |