Example sentences of "was in [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in floods of tears . |
| 2 | ‘ It was a beautiful ceremony — the mother was in floods of tears , ’ says Margaret . |
| 3 | ‘ When he came to the hospital after seeing Buster he was in floods of tears , heaving great sobs . |
| 4 | But sometimes the Earl would ring me at home at night and ask me to drive back to Althorp because the Countess was in floods of tears . |
| 5 | Cos I was reading in Hugh 's book that the very first sort of work was in surveys done in thirty seven . |
| 6 | And there 's you , who else was in scramblers with you ? |
| 7 | There was in Elements of Semiology and even in Mythologies the promise of a ‘ scientific ’ method of analysing meaning by developing the methods of linguistics and semiology . |
| 8 | When he joined the UKAEA in 1956 his first job was in accounts , followed by a short period in commercial . |
| 9 | ‘ When I left the private sector in 1979 to become Keith Joseph 's special adviser , the car industry in this country was in ruins . |
| 10 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 11 | Her marriage was in ruins but here in this place she found peace . |
| 12 | The English policy was in ruins . |
| 13 | The £470 million agreement between British Airways and USAir was in ruins after fierce opposition from rival airlines and officials who blocked the deal 48 hours before its planned Christmas Eve signing . |
| 14 | The Old Bailey heard her life was in ruins after the attack during her GCSE exams . |
| 15 | LEEDS ' campaign to get their European Cup decider switched to Elland Road was in ruins last night . |
| 16 | Emily felt a momentary sense of panic , she had no means of supporting herself , her father 's business was in ruins , he had left great debts that she could not meet . |
| 17 | The church was in ruins , and the monks had put up a temporary building over the main altar , where they gathered round the body of St Dunstan for their daily offices . |
| 18 | The Japanese ended the Pacific War penniless , starving and exhausted ; the economy was in ruins . |
| 19 | Not everything was in ruins : rising through the rubble were banks of communications and control consoles , housed in cabinets with flowing , plastic lines that must have been designed at least a century previously . |
| 20 | In 1939 history intervened and in the space of a few months the work of a lifetime was in ruins . |
| 21 | Swire 's Taikoo dockyard was in ruins , Swire 's ships sunk or dispersed . |
| 22 | In any case , the whole country was in ruins and there were more urgent matters to attend to . |
| 23 | The machines that they had worked at were now idle , the section was in ruins . |
| 24 | The Turks did nothing to stop the fire , and by morning the town was in cinders . |
| 25 | If you can find someone with a key to let you in , the interior of the chapel is said to be interestingly decorated , but the one time I was in Harambels I could find cows but no people . |
| 26 | Jean-Claude 's was in notes , not words . |
| 27 | He was tried with the other regicides , but his trial was marred by inhumane treatment towards him ; he was in paroxysms of pain due to an attack of kidney stones but the court refused his requests to be allowed to urinate . |
| 28 | ‘ Philippe very kindly gave me an open invitation , but today I was in Alès , as the guest of Alain 's mother . ’ |
| 29 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 30 | THE ELEPHANT WAS IN STITCHES 1951 A.D. |