Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I reckoned it 'd have t'run' from the house to a point outside the perimeter fence , cuz that 'd take 'em clear of anyone who wuz in control of the grounds . |
| 2 | If we say that dinosaurs grew large because they were in pursuit of the advantage of heat conservation , we are not implying that species engineered their own destiny , with the effect predetermining the cause . |
| 3 | Nonetheless , many medium-sized ( by world standards ) European companies were in difficulties in the 1980S . |
| 4 | Signora Ferragamo , and her six sons and daughter , were in London for the Gala evening . |
| 5 | We agreed as they were in London during the week ; we looked after her and paid all the bills . |
| 6 | Often , when his father and stepmother were in London during the week , he would walk around the house checking that all the pictures and furniture were in place . |
| 7 | ‘ George read me over a list of CIA personnel who were in London in the late Sixties — ’ |
| 8 | We were in Stratford for the summer , but I went down to Hampshire for a few weeks to do some business for Will about some sheep . |
| 9 | It 's been estimated again that almost half of all Chinese peasants were in debt to the money lenders . |
| 10 | You must have met in real life quite a few Baron Ochses when you were in Salzburg in the 1920s . |
| 11 | We obviously were in discussions with the MoD . |
| 12 | Doyle and Hearn , former directors of the WPBSA , were in possession of the documents in Glasgow three weeks ago when they met John Virgo , the WPBSA 's chairman , at an informal meeting . |
| 13 | Finally , the insurgents were in possession of the principal agricultural areas ( especially the vital cereal-producing lands of Extremadura and Castile ) , while the Republic retained the main industrial and political centres , plus the fertile horticultural areas of the south-east . |
| 14 | ‘ Tell me , Ed , if you were in possession of the most valuable collection of artworks in mankind 's history , where would you keep them ? ’ |
| 15 | We were in contact with the political leaders of the different countries of the Maghreb including the King of Morocco — my mother was a member of the Moroccan Royal Family . |
| 16 | They are certainly not early Saxon , as was previously thought , but many were in existence by the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries ; we can see this from the abundant documentation . |
| 17 | Among several groups , such as the weavers and combers of the south-western serge manufacture and the tailors , hatters and printers of London , there is clear evidence that organisations recognisable as trade unions were in existence by the first two decades of the eigh-teenth century . |
| 18 | At least four Spurns were in existence before the present one . |
| 19 | It is not difficult to show from documents that most of our villages were in existence in the Middle Ages , but many were certainly not deserted until after 1500 . |
| 20 | The LFS shows that a quarter of all persons who had been unemployed 12 months before the survey , but who were in work on the survey date , had temporary jobs , compared with just over three per cent who had been in work on both dates . |
| 21 | Although the art treasures had long since been taken to Moscow , many of the palaces were in ruins after the fearful fighting between the Russians and the Germans . |
| 22 | Horsley and Hayling were in disagreement about the Manchester move . |
| 23 | If they were in proportion with the rest of my body , it would be better , then I would n't look top-heavy . |
| 24 | The team were in Iraq during the recent allied bombings , but they did n't witness any damage . |
| 25 | As Paris et al performed their measurements by instant manometry using the solid or liquid bolus , the difference between their results and ours is entirely attributable to the positive effect of the arrival of the liquid or solid bolus in the segment of colon in their studies , while in our patients the propulsive waves were in response to the contents of the colonic segment at the time . |
| 26 | The recent merger proposals were in response to the Secretary of State 's consultation paper on the future of tourism in Scotland . |
| 27 | Cambodian resistance leaders Prince Norodom Sihanouk and Son Sann were in Paris at the same time . |
| 28 | Some 200 ships were involved and by midnight on 24 April they were in position off the Gallipoli coast . |
| 29 | Soon after it rose the traffic police were in position on the roads outside Sandwich . |
| 30 | They were in position by the end of October . |