Example sentences of "was [verb] in [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Deep enough , at any rate , for a boat to get in to the boat-house which was tucked in under the cliff at the southern end of the bay , below the path where I stood . |
| 2 | However , due to the short notice , Randalstown would have been without four key players on May 15 which was pencilled in as the reserve date . |
| 3 | The date was pencilled in during the summer , but the tourists , who will effectively be a near Springbok side , wanted a Saturday fixture . |
| 4 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 5 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |
| 6 | And some of these were found in Bristol harbour er and the pattern of the cloths was pressed in to the lead so we were able to put a microscope to that and see how it should be woven . |
| 7 | As we emptied our dustbins out we noticed another bin full of cold ravioli and bread left over from lunch ; the bread was mixed in with the garbage and was soggy from being in a dustbin of cold ravioli for two hours . |
| 8 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 9 | She always had on a brown cotton smock which was pinched in around the waist with a wide leather belt . |
| 10 | The cops worked shifts , but I was booked in for the run . |
| 11 | Darren Anderton slipped past Tom Cowan 's lethargic tackle and his low cross from the right was slotted in by the England player . |
| 12 | Visiting locomotives are a main feature of the railway and during the Annual Vintage Day Rally on Sunday , October 11 , a scale replica of 0-4-0T ‘ Cadbury Number II ’ in maroon livery was steaming in to the record books . |
| 13 | He in his turn was carried in by the men . |
| 14 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 15 | John was astounded to learn Carol had entered him in the competition only mum Linda was let in on the secret . |
| 16 | I had a kind of ear infection which caused giddiness and I had to come out of the West End play I was appearing in at the time , The Rose Tattoo . |
| 17 | Bedfield was the village I was living in at the time . |
| 18 | She had moved across the courtyard , flagstone by flagstone , to cheat the shadow ; now she was boxed in to the last corner of light . |
| 19 | He was boxed in by the final stupidity of total bureaucracy , reduced to a mere cypher in a computer which had been programmed to ignore him . |
| 20 | " I 'm afraid of what she 'll do , " the man says when I was looking in through the window , and then the other woman goes up to him and starts loving him . |
| 21 | She realised with a slight shock that she was staring straight at a man who was looking in through the shop window , staring back . |
| 22 | A puppet government was moved in behind the Russian tanks . |
| 23 | I only explained I was listening in at the time . |
| 24 | I had never taught before but was pushed in at the deep end and had to learn to swim . |
| 25 | I suppose the , the example of that is where a house wall was pushed in by the , the mass that was thronging outside the Brunwick gates . |
| 26 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 27 | It does not have this appearance , however , and it may simply be a copy that updates but generally reproduces one that was written in about the 1270s by or for Richard of Haldingham . |
| 28 | Speakers were David Snow of BP Bitor ( the company which imports and markets the fuel from Venezuela ) , Peter Taylor from the Oil Pollution Research Unit at Fort Popton , Dr Clive Morgan , also from Fort Popton but who was drafted in at the last minute to play the part of National Power Plc , and finally Gordon James of Narberth Friends of the Earth . |
| 29 | However , after two poor performances , he was drafted in against the tricky Minor Counties ( who later beat Sussex ) . |
| 30 | He was peering in on the proceedings from the kitchen , while his best friend , Mafouz , had retreated to the stairs and was looking down , intently , on Mr Malik 's elegantly coiffeured hair . |