Example sentences of "was in [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I had was in that crate , its death |
| 2 | Well right , we really stuck up for her when she was in that fight and everything ! |
| 3 | She had a feeling it was in that carpet-bag , but could n't get at the bag . |
| 4 | ‘ I was in that telephone kiosk within a minute of the shunt . ’ |
| 5 | He did not tell us what was in that plan , other than mentioning something called a reference price . |
| 6 | Once again , I 'm stuck , as trapped as I was in that tree — and I do n't think a well-timed lightning bolt from Lil will spring me this time . |
| 7 | Indeed , it was in that elite Division that David 's tireless workrate , intelligent and selfless running and accurate distribution proved him to be a footballer of high calibre . |
| 8 | It was in that spirit that he persuaded in the early 1960s to take Pugwash seriously . |
| 9 | It was useless to argue with him while he was in that mood , she told herself . |
| 10 | But they had made her feel restless with their talk and it was in that mood that she 'd let the landlord get close to her by the open landing window as he was bringing up some more beer . |
| 11 | wondered what was in that minced-meat ? |
| 12 | That was the ol he was that chap was in that bed when I came in . |
| 13 | He was in that sense truly a presidential candidate for the 1980s . |
| 14 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 15 | It was in that sense one of the strangest interviews that anybody ever had with Jesus . |
| 16 | This flashes after you 've pressed it once , giving you the chance to change your mind ; press it again and you 've overwritten whatever patch was in that memory previously . |
| 17 | The land in question was in that part of northern Zawiya which is called Mannaia , and it seems beyond doubt that the Mannaia had granted it to the Sanusi order in the 1870s . |
| 18 | The Ayrshire land granted to Walter Fitzallan was in that part of the county still called Kyle , which is , roughly , the land between the rivers Irvine and Doon . |
| 19 | erm , there 's on certain parts of ah what they put has shown they they 've understood what was in that part of the diary like in the exercises relating this morning to or to learning like with the Roman numerals and the other thing they shown that they understood what was in that context , but then on erm when you get later on it 's just er |
| 20 | In Prussia , too , there was legislation to encourage the smallholder , but the motive was in that case a different one : peasants were supposed to make better soldiers . |
| 21 | We have at the moment probably one of our most important cases in the RVH , so I was pleased to listen to the shop steward from NUPE , because it is a case that we are funding and doing with NUPE , and the main person who was in that case is here , Rosaleen Davison . |
| 22 | then they got ten , if it 's showing an understanding of what was in that diary then we 're give them four |
| 23 | ‘ What was in that bottle I found in the bathroom ? ’ |
| 24 | I was in that scene with Morgan Fairchild when she … ’ ) , this summer will see him seizing co-starring laurels in a motion picture entitled Encino Man . |
| 25 | He said so to the Zoo Curator , who was in that building in the afternoon , adding , ‘ Naturally , there would have to be no bars there , Curator ! |
| 26 | That was , that was in that union . |
| 27 | Er yes because obviously I was in that type of field . |
| 28 | Sheila Hancock was in that film too , as was Nanette Newman , both of whom told me how Ken would while away his time discussing the medical advances of which apparently the medical staff in the picture were not aware . |
| 29 | It was in that kind of environment that the Takeover Panel started its life from small beginnings and with a light touch . |
| 30 | I knew then that is she was in that kind of mood there was no point in staying around . |