Example sentences of "were in that [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Possibly the contras were in that category , but possibly not .
2 If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ .
3 When he left the vehicle on the Saturday evening , all four wheels were off , and they were in that state when he returned to the job on the Sunday morning .
4 We were in that hotel with schooners of sherry in our hands .
5 How much the employer pays depends on how long you were in that scheme .
6 Yeah all the Irish people were in that hall and welcomed us because we were from Ireland , New Zealand , over in New Zealand
7 All her important things were in that case : her marriage certificate and wedding snaps ; her Post Office bank book , rent book and ration book .
8 All of them were in that sense authoritarians .
9 And my answers were in that sense .
10 The patron of the third kind , offering social reputation and protection , often worked within conditions where the work was being partly or wholly offered to a paying public ; the Elizabethan public theatres were in that sense fully commercial institutions .
11 Not necessarily close friends , but it was amazing how welcome they were in that sea of faces .
12 ‘ When you were in that apothecary 's , I thought we were being watched .
13 If you desire a loving , intimate relationship , ask yourself how you would think , feel and behave if you were in that relationship — and do it now .
14 If one wants to be accepted as a mainstream , serious film-maker it does n't strike me , if I were in that position , as a shrewd career move .
15 Not when — if , perchance , Labour Members were in that position in 20 years ' time , would they be prepared to have the whole system of assessing and adjudicating upon genuine claims destroyed by the campaigns that are being organised in some parts of this country ?
16 My children were in that position . ’
17 And paragraph twelve , erm towards the the middle , erm you can see the sentence in paragraph twelve To my mind , these sites , which were in that top corner lie well beyond the present I 'm so sorry .
18 They were in that top cupboard were n't they ?
19 all them cigarettes that were in that Uncle George
20 ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people .
21 Other one would learnt how to open a crack , and it were in that cage , and it could hear birds outside .
22 Not quite the poverty of no shoes , of basic and meagre food , no possessions other than the most rudimentary necessities — but too near that for comfort and he knew plenty who were in that condition .
23 Erm you 'll hav have plenty of opportunity of writing them down and erm you 'll be given a lot of extracts of music like you probably were in that book
24 Dr Jack Cuzick , an ICRF scientist , said that 75,000 of the women were likely to have important underlying disease but , without referring all 250,000 to hospital , there was no way of knowing which women were in that group .
25 Whilst you were in that bedroom throughout the operation did you see any other officer point any sort of gun into the back of Mr head ?
26 And she were in that bedroom with us , the there were t there were dad , me , Barbara and Angela .
27 The pilchards were in that week , and the wives and daughters of Polruan were busy all day , gutting , salting and packing the fish .
28 ‘ Ye were in that room alone with her .
29 Every last one of them I would imagine that were in that room when I met them er a week ago Friday I would , would probably stake my shirt on it , not that shirt , but this one
30 She can still tell the police you were in that shooting and once they get you , you can forget you ever had any friends or were ever in the Army .
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