Example sentences of "was in [noun] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For as she pressed back against the front door , trembling and bewildered , she saw what was in substance her own house . |
| 2 | While he was in California his mother , Mrs. Steed , and his sister and brother-in-law , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , continued to live in the property . |
| 3 | His underwear — ‘ very white , very neat , very tidy ’ — was in drawers His socks were neatly rolled or folded . |
| 4 | It was in fact their ninth annual such visit to Springfields and the party also took in Sellafield . |
| 5 | It was in fact my experience of working with the banks and institutions for the recapitalisation and reconstruction of John Brown which led me to think that the City is much maligned over its attitudes to industry and the accusation of short-termism is not justified . |
| 6 | But I was delighted to see that it was in fact my hat . |
| 7 | The two hundred pounds per week was in fact my misunderstanding , it 's two hundreds pounds per month , just roughly fifty quid a week that 's where I got it from . |
| 8 | I taught at the London School of Economics , I was head of the department at the University of Essex in which you were an undergraduate , and was in fact your personal tutor . |
| 9 | Stella is a wild card both in the deepest recesses of Serena 's own mind and in the domain of middlemen , for Stella is the only character in the novel who is exempt from this status : ‘ Stella was in effect her own middleman , alone in the world , selling her personality , and very badly ’ ( 30 ) . |
| 10 | Well while he was in hospital his wife had gotten herself pregnant and she had a baby daughter 2nd Jan. 1945 . |
| 11 | Because what is done , I mean when I was in hospital his mum used to that try and pick up |