Example sentences of "were in [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have seen a steady rise with figures just over three times what they were in September for adults seeking advice , ’ Mr. Barnes added . |
| 2 | We were in London for rehearsals at the Globe , and the actors put on the new play for the first time on the 29th of June , 1613 . |
| 3 | As the nights grew darker and colder , dinner parties grew scarcer and most nights Alexandra spent by her own fire , doing her meticulous accounts , writing faithfully to her father or answering George Langley 's breezy and frequent letters from Cambridge , Rose and Grace Langley were in London until Christmas , their hunters idle in the stable and Alexandra 's life was both peaceful and satisfying in their absence . |
| 4 | By 1597 they were in default on rents and Royalties . |
| 5 | THESE FOUR boxes of action highlights from Pickwick enable the devout to exhume the 1992 World Cup , feeling it again as if they were in attendance in Australasia once more or seeing much of it for the first time if sleep and work schedules got in the way during those 33 hectic days and nights . |
| 6 | The company , which is raising the money in a two-for-five rights issue at 155p a share , said attractive opportunities to increase investments were in sight with tenant demand increasing . |
| 7 | Then they were plunging into shadow between the woods of Birnam , hauled along like a leaf on a mill-race , and the hedges and trees never ceased to rock backwards past their staring eyes or the horses to gallop onwards with shoulders working and manes streaming until they were in sight of Perth . |
| 8 | This group of NFL stalwarts were in Scotland as part of the World Partnership programme which has been set up to assist in the development of American football at amateur level in Europe . |
| 9 | The council leader , Louise Ellman , said it was feared that for every job lost directly , at least another two were in jeopardy in feeder factories or large businesses . |
| 10 | ‘ My whinge is being charged 10 for being overdrawn with National Giro for the first time ever and by only 3.11 — and even though they were in possession of cheques for 36.53 which they knew would be honoured . ’ |
| 11 | Cohen , March and Olsen ( 1972 ) provided a stark contrast to the planning-oriented literature on organization design and decision making with their ‘ garbage-can model ’ , which in essence claims that people and systems in organizations were in possession of solutions to problems and predispositions to take certain actions when problems or specific situations arise . |
| 12 | During the war of 1914–18 the English working class were in contact with foreigners to an extent that is rarely possible . |
| 13 | Anyway they were in contact with APEX and then they came to see us , that was on a Monday , the same day there were mass meetings at Chapter Road and Cobbold Road . |
| 14 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |
| 15 | From the very beginning , the Minoans were in contact with people of other cultures , and the only way that contact could happen was by sea . |
| 16 | She was n't quite sure who deepened the kiss , or who moved until they were in contact from head to toe and she felt the pulsing of his hard , warm body . |
| 17 | The remaining 29 companies , which were in existence before privatisation of the water authorities , serve particular localities and are responsible for water supply only . |
| 18 | Well , my mother I left school and me mother said , the Labour Exchanges had come into being , er this was nineteen nineteen , they were in existence in Nottingham . |
| 19 | Announcing the figures , Environment Minister David Trippier claimed that heavy rains were in part to blame for overloading coastal sewage treatment systems , while the preceding drought meant that a higher density of sewage bacteria had been carried in rivers . |
| 20 | The firm 's recommendations were in course of consideration by the Council . |
| 21 | The police were not in attendance , although 762 officers were in reserve in case of trouble . |
| 22 | In 1988/89 , 16% of all pensioners were in receipt of Income Support . |
| 23 | So if you were in receipt of income support then you do n't have to pay very much . |
| 24 | In our series , some patients in the CRF group were in receipt of calcium and bicarbonate supplements , and these supplements may have reduced any difference in serum calcium and bicarbonate between CRF patients and those with some potentially reversible element to their renal failure . |
| 25 | Welfare benefits paid to strikers ' families , who are , of course , not on strike but certainly impoverished , were to be docked 12 on the assumption they were in receipt of strike pay . |
| 26 | Now within the national settlements at that time , there was always provision left that if our members erm were in receipt of pay which was more than the national minimum time rate , then that would satisfy the terms of the agreement . |
| 27 | And in that time you were in receipt of benefit were you ? |
| 28 | In 1985 approximately 5 per cent of those aged 65 + were in receipt of district nursing services and 4 per cent health visiting services , compared with 2 per cent for both types of service in 1972 . |
| 29 | In September 1988 the situation worsened with the phasing out of free school meals for 500,000 children whose parents were in receipt of family credit . |
| 30 | Beating the bounds , when the parishioners walked round the parish boundaries to ensure that everyone knew where they were in case of dispute , was associated with the Rogationtide crop blessing . |