Example sentences of "was [adv] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was right out in the open and the wind was blowing towards us . |
| 2 | It sounded as if it was somewhere up in the farm buildings . |
| 3 | The collapse of the Empire in 1814 and the fall of Napoleon I brought about a dispersal of the Imperial House and although the return of Napoleon from Elba in 1815 led to a restoration of the family fortunes , it was all over in the Hundred Days . |
| 4 | It was all over in the 10th . |
| 5 | But Collins was soon back in the thick of the action , fisting clear a McCaffrey free kick and throwing himself across his line to make a fine two handed stop from a Kavanagh volley . |
| 6 | De Vere Green was already up in the seat of the converted Sno-cat that they used as a tractor , its caterpillar track ideal for use in the harsh Dartmoor winters . |
| 7 | But when she opened her eyes , peering through the holes in her blanket , he was already back in the bedroom , turning on the little bedside light . |
| 8 | The mattress was already down in the hall . |
| 9 | It is not known whether or not he ever returned to visit his mother during the first few years but it is certainly true that , latterly , he was not back in the county for many years . |
| 10 | Wilson 's reputation as a talent scout ensured that she was not out in the cold for long . |
| 11 | I suppose about one and a half yards , perhaps not that , square and in the corner there was what they called , what we had the copper for boiling the clothes , make it with small coal and , and coal and wood and paper and boil the water and , and my mother used to do the washing there and we had a big old mangle with wooden rollers out in the back yard , that was always out in the back yard . |
| 12 | ANDRE Agassi 's first tournament appearance for two months was still up in the air last night even though he officially withdrew from next week 's grass court event in Halle . |
| 13 | The food he had brought from Red Cottage was still down in the car . |
| 14 | As he turned , the leg was straight up in the air , a position I 'd only ever seen Springsteen get into voluntarily . |
| 15 | After cycling to various different parts of the village pretending to look for him , therefore , I returned and told the Germans that no one had seen my father ; he was probably out in the country on his bicycle but I had no idea where . |
| 16 | Like here , the leaves at Leighton would be turning a reddish-gold , there would be the faint smell of wood smoke , and Corbett wondered if his wife was also out in the fields enjoying the last lingering warm embrace of summer . |
| 17 | Sid explains : ‘ At times he was really down in the dumps . |
| 18 | Corinth could afford to be indifferent to the vengeance Athens took against Samos ; Megara was what mattered to Corinth , and Megara was now back in the Peloponnesian camp . |
| 19 | But again there was no reply , and she decided that Bertha was either out in the garden or had gone to town . |
| 20 | with , with my granddaughter , she , she did the same s she used to go and babysit at this girl 's house and she fe felt , she was only fourteen , and she felt sorry for her and she 'd go and babysit every night she 'd go and babysit and er but she used to b sit up in the bedroom , she never ever went down the sitting room thinking that the child 's mother was either down in the sitting room or just going out for a short while and coming back and then eventually they put erm a bed up in the child 's bedroom for Denise to stay there over nights and Pearl did n't worry at all , well she knew , knew where , at least she knew where and er this girl was bringing men back down in the sitting room every night , three or four , sometimes ten men in a night during the night ! |