Example sentences of "the [noun] was in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if one of the ovoids was in the Simonova 's docking bay — a recovery sequence had been initiated shortly before Rostov had retired to his quarters — those which were adjacent in orbit would open fire as soon as the pod was more than ten kilometres from the survey vessel 's shield zone . |
| 2 | They were extravagantly to his advantage , save when she lowered her voice to sigh , tapping her left side familiarly : " And all overclouded by this , you know — all at the mercy of a weakness — ( 9 ) Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 3 | This impression is backed up by the following sentence , which stands out as being the shortest and most straightforward sentence in the extract : Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart ( 10 ) . |
| 4 | These express the content of Pemberton 's inner consciousness : " Pemberton gathered that the weakness was in the region of the heart " ( 10 ) : " he would have liked to hear the figure of his salary " ( 3 ) . |
| 5 | The unity was in the past and resided in the present and our devotion to Jesus . |
| 6 | NO REVIEW , since the NME was in the midst of a lengthy NUJ strike ! |
| 7 | Most of the rise was in the form of manufacturing and other business investment ( figure 8.7 ) . |
| 8 | The Gulamalis received their rent for the first three months , then nothing for four months , and were told the computer was broken , the accounts were being moved , the cheque was in the post , and so on . |
| 9 | Earlier in the year fittingly , during Passover , the festival which celebrates the Israelites ' escape from Egypt and the beginning of the journey which eventually took them to the Promised Land — Rabbi Moishe announced with quiet satisfaction that their contributions had mounted up to a sum sufficient to buy three hundred dunams of land in Palestine , that the purchase was in the process of being arranged on their behalf by the Jewish National Fund , and that he himself would lead an advance party of settlers from Cork before the end of 1920 . |
| 10 | Maybe the 'phone was in the living room and she 'd be unable to talk anyway . |
| 11 | Therefore the university was in the habit of leaving the choice of professor to the bishop . |
| 12 | The convent was in the protection of St Sophia and the church was dedicated to her , but changed its dedication when the building was taken over by the nuns of the Salesiane della Visitazione order . |
| 13 | My mother 's business success had continued and the bungalow was in the throes of an ongoing transformation that would only end some five years later , when the Cliff Top Country House Hotel opened its register for bookings . |
| 14 | Mr Bishop said that the ACCA was in the process of looking at the job 's terms of reference within the context of the ACCA 's future strategy and would be contacting headhunters shortly . |
| 15 | By now it must have been obvious to the Romans that the power and authority of the Druids was in the ascendancy and that sooner or later their inimical influence had to be removed . |
| 16 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |
| 17 | Truly , the cabin was in the heart of the forest . |
| 18 | The play was in the Leeds half most of the time , but this play was scrappy to say the least . |
| 19 | He said " When the employee was in the Kingsbridge office he was in effect the Kingsbridge office . |
| 20 | The ceremony was in the hands of Mr Alexander Dubcek , who came in from the political cold less than 24 hours before , to be elected head of the new-style Federal Assembly . |
| 21 | The dying Pitt , rejoicing in the House of Lords that the grave had not closed over him before he could protest against ‘ the dismemberment of this noble empire ’ , was a tragic figure ; but the tragedy was in the absurdity of the protest . |
| 22 | They were both dressed the same , probably for the same reason , and yet it did n't seem to make any difference because all the action was in the eyes . |
| 23 | Armed or otherwise , the Hooligan was in the headlines . |
| 24 | In such a case it was argued , following St Augustine , that since the soldier was in the service of his lord , it was the lord who must accept responsibility . |
| 25 | He unlocked a padlock into a smallish barn — the key was in the padlock waiting — and got her to help him push the wooden doors back . |
| 26 | ‘ The key was in the keyhole on the inside . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ The key was in the lock of the front door , so we simply walked in . |
| 28 | Once the key was in the lock , he pushed forward with both hands , one on the front door , one on Nenna 's back , so that in the end she was propelled into no. 42 . |
| 29 | The entrance was in the middle of the wall opposite the villa house where the owner and his family lived . |
| 30 | From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized . |