Example sentences of "was in [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new regime behind bars The prison system in independent Latvia was in disarray so it called in a troubleshooter from Scotland to help . |
| 2 | I was in love before I left England and the hope of marriage was such a spur that with help from the two Williams , I was able to pass with distinction not only two , but three exams . |
| 3 | It was in May that I met her , on a return visit to Cley . |
| 4 | At about half past eleven I had a telephone call — I was in bed but I have an extension in my room for emergencies . |
| 5 | For the chemo I was in bed and they attached me to the drip . |
| 6 | Late night I was in bed by twenty past ten , I was in bed and I say I must of been asleep by half past , |
| 7 | Andrew was in bed and she just whipped out so Nicky could say goodnight to her daddy . |
| 8 | The woman who found the victim in her garden said : ‘ I was in bed when I heard her whimpering outside my bedroom . |
| 9 | Finally , speaking in a low voice , the boy said : ‘ There 's something you do n't know : dad told me this morning that he was in bed when I got home last night . ’ |
| 10 | Scarborough manager Ray McHale said Hewitt 's wrist was in plaster and it would take until the middle of next month for the injury to heal . |
| 11 | That would be about sixty , sixty one as I see , and er they were the last match of the season virtually was that they gained promotion on was Shrewsbury , which was at the game meadow and Arthur , the player manager who was a prolific goal scorer in his day , was playing at the time and er nobody expected Walsall to win but they ran out two-one winners and all down the A five that night all the pubs were full coming back with everyone celebrating , so erm , after then they had a civic dinner at the Town Hall for the players and they did a big flower display in the arboretum all set out in flowers the club badge and congratulation lads on winning promotion , and this when they kicked off the following season , in the second division , prior to that they played a friendly match against Leicester and Gordon was in goal and I took my boy with me Tim , who was only a toddler at the time , and he , I stood him on the old archway where the players used to run out , but the first league match was against Sunderland and Brian , actually played for Sunderland as centre forward and er Walsall ran out four-three winners in the end Tony , who was Walsall inside left got a hat trick and I believe Tommy , got the other goal and Brian scored for Sunderland , then the er we went on to the , the first away match which was at Derby County , and Walsall won that three-one . |
| 12 | It was in construction that they performed their real service . |
| 13 | Jim Oulton , GMB branch secretary , said : ‘ We knew the company was in difficulty but we did not think things were this bad or the cuts would be of this magnitude . ’ |
| 14 | None the less , it was in London that he made his will on 8 April 1416 , characteristically dedicated to his kin , staff , and domestic servants . |
| 15 | It was in London that you could live anonymously , could create your own ambience , could deliberately fabricate the persona which you chose to present to the world . |
| 16 | I remember well , during the air-raids of the forties when I was in London and we waited as darkness came for the first sirens and the deep breath to get one 's courage up , that we felt we were part of the will of the capital of England . |
| 17 | I was in London when they happened — I just walked straight out of the Tube station and I was in the middle of a mass demonstration . ’ |
| 18 | I was in London when they happened — I just walked straight out of the Tube station and I was in the middle of a mass demonstration . ’ |
| 19 | That may not bother him because it was in Christchurch that he had his Ireland tour brought to a premature end last year by a punch from Canterbury 's Andy Earl which broke his jaw . |
| 20 | was in Camplin that it was first established that rape could take place even though there was no force threatened or used provided that the victim did not consent to intercourse . |
| 21 | " I was in misery and he helped me . " |
| 22 | And she says Jean you know well you can see er she says you know the day before Ros was in Lisburn and she says you know the way when you 're standing and from the back you can feel somebody that their eyes are penetrating through you and she said she happened to turn round and there she 's sitting in , in this girl 's car and just er looked at her like that . |
| 23 | Dr Foley said he 'd just go in and see how that child was in casualty before he left . |
| 24 | Mr P R Field of the Oldbury Steam Live Railway Museum ( Bridgnorth ) was our guest speaker on 2 February 1990 when he gave his views on Britain 's railways over the years , first explaining that it was in Scotland that he began to take an interest in them and then he become ‘ hooked ’ ! |
| 25 | Although it had been conceived originally as a means of reducing illegal practices during the process of distillation , the ‘ Coffey still ’ had obvious commercial advantages , but his efforts to introduce it in Ireland met with little success , and it was in Scotland that it first became popular in the 1840s . |
| 26 | And the grooms went round to make sure she was in foal before he took the money . |
| 27 | When the time came the mare was in foal but they failed to buy her and finally refused to do so in December 1973 . |
| 28 | The city was in chaos and we were afraid that armed men would attack us . |
| 29 | Their farm , West park , was in Lunedale and I travelled by train to Middleton in Teesdale . |
| 30 | This was in part because it was simply not working . |