Example sentences of "were in [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was stitching the holes Rosie had managed to rip in the seat of his pants in the few seconds they were in her possession . |
| 2 | When I asked how many there were in her family she said seven , but that the young ones were at home , and did not mention her pregnant abdomen . |
| 3 | Thank goodness the three pennies were in her hanky in the pocket on the right ! |
| 4 | Her family doctor remained convinced that all her problems were in her mind . |
| 5 | Perhaps when you were in her age bracket , it made sense . |
| 6 | It will be a time for you to use all the imagination of which you are capable , to try to think how you would be feeling if you were in her shoes , and to handle her fragile emotions very gently . |
| 7 | But they were in her voice as she whispered down to her , ‘ It , 11 be all right . |
| 8 | ‘ They were in her brother 's loft in Montreal . |
| 9 | ‘ Because she said we were in her house . ’ |
| 10 | Because the drugs were in her bag , you know . ’ |
| 11 | They were in her power and at her discretion in all ways — how she loved them . |
| 12 | Both their lives were in her hands . |
| 13 | His lips were in her neck and she shivered involuntarily at their touch , her eyes still on the scissors in his hand . |
| 14 | ‘ Your name and address were in her handbag . ’ |
| 15 | She could easily recall his smell too , as if he were in her arms at this very moment — an expensive cologne warmly melded with his very own Mediterranean muskiness . |
| 16 | A friend arrived and challenged the men who were in her bedroom . |
| 17 | We swam out perpendicular to the two to three knot current , until we were in its heart . |
| 18 | Many artists would only wish to portray Windermere in sunny weather and would turn it into a different place , but he managed to evoke any real day in the Lake District as it were in its right clothes . |
| 19 | During the final canoe-position recces for Torch , a sudden storm caught those of the eastern reconnaissance , and Lieutenant L.G. ( Geoff ) Lyne RN with Commando Thomas as paddler were in its teeth . |
| 20 | There were some mathematical features of the Copernican theory that were in its favour , then . |
| 21 | In the case of a private company , a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement is to be treated as if it were in its memorandum or articles so long as it remains a private company . |
| 22 | No matter what the deficiencies were in its security arrangements at Frankfurt , the airline and its insurers were at least entitled to prepare their best defence against a charge of wilful misconduct . |
| 23 | A degree of light emanated from the silently hurtling water , which she felt as a force urging her forward , as though she were in its grip and swept along with it . |
| 24 | The figures show that in 1990 , there were 90,843 people over the age of 65 supported by local authorities in all types of accommodation ( of whom 87,652 were in their own or other authorities ' homes ) . |
| 25 | Over half the exhibitors were in their thirties and forties , an age that was becoming of increasing significance to the Prince . |
| 26 | They were in their plastic bags on the outdoor grounds , and as the sun came up , it came up over the top of the hill and hit the silver pyramid and there was David on stage singing . |
| 27 | Half were in their 40s or 50s . |
| 28 | Most of the Labour front bench , including Neil Kinnock , were in their places and the predictions were that I was in for a stormy time . |
| 29 | There was a very affected couple , Erwin and Pam , who were expert at creaming off the best for themselves — and as they were in their mid-thirties , they had had time for some practice . |
| 30 | Soon , all twenty children were in their beds , stiff in their laundered nightgowns , without having been offered any supper , nor even as much as a sly sip of water . |