Example sentences of "[noun] was in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wally was in the band a couple of years . |
| 2 | If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate … |
| 3 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 4 | Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing . |
| 5 | The card was in the door , and you rang him up anyway |
| 6 | He says the card was in the name of the Rt Hon Norman Lamont , and the Chancellor simply signed as Norman Lamont . |
| 7 | Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline . |
| 8 | Boro recalled full back Curtis Fleming for the injured Gary Parkinson and Falconer was in the squad for the first time since suffering a knee injury in the Rumbelows Cup first round against Bournemouth in September . |
| 9 | Well er , she said they had this This is Your Life on and Neil was in the room in the lounge like and he 'd sort of been half watching it and then he said urgh mum ! |
| 10 | From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized . |
| 11 | She rushed indoors , using her choicest language , not realising that Erica was in the orchard . |
| 12 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 13 | Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine . |
| 14 | My first practical experience in the use of homoeopathic remedies was in the treatment of a child with croup . |
| 15 | The salon was in the Ismailia quarter where all the best hotels were . |
| 16 | Just before we left , while Dennis was in the loo , I grabbed his wife and kissed her on the mouth . |
| 17 | When it came to cooking the books , Dennis was in the Raymond Blanc class . |
| 18 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 19 | Armed or otherwise , the Hooligan was in the headlines . |
| 20 | By 9.45 pm , 10.00 pm at the very latest , a full episode was in the can , complete with its opening and closing title graphics , all the incidental music , all optical and mechanical effect sequences , even the strange and weird electronic voices of such monsters as the Daleks and the Mechonoids . |
| 21 | Portadown itself lay in the parish of Drumcree and the little suburb of Edenderry was in the parish of Seagoe . |
| 22 | ‘ The trophy was in the shape of a wooded scroll with a quartz clock and a brass plate inscribed with the words , ‘ Presented to Joan Rawson by the Stockport & District Concert Secretaries at the 29th Command Show 1992 . ’ |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . |
| 25 | In 1244–5 Richard was in the marches of Wales , and received another blow when Richard de Clare , sixth Earl of Gloucester , lord of Glamorgan , had him arrested and confiscated his Glamorgan estates , on the grounds that Richard had sided with a Welsh magnate of the area against the earl . |
| 26 | Jane Leeson went into the photographic studio and told her husband that Lowell 's girlfriend was in the reception area . |
| 27 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 28 | Ferrières itself was south of Paris , between Sens and Orléans , both sees whose bishops were supporting Charles ; but its rich dependent house of St-Josse near Quentovic was in the area that fell under Lothar 's control in September 840 , and Lothar lost no time in handing it over to one of his own clerks . |
| 29 | And Her Majesty was in the parade ring to assess the runners and riders for the big race , the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase . |
| 30 | It tasted good , but the only resemblance to tea was in the tealeaves floating on the top of the liquid . |