Example sentences of "[conj] [was/were] [adv] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , as it turned out , the great majority of the 300,000 German troops reported by Schmidt-Richberg as approaching Austria on 13 May were cut off from reaching the frontier by Tito 's forces , or were already in the process of surrendering inside Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Blind Io pushed his stack of chips across the table , glowered through such of his eyes that were currently in the room , and strode out . |
| 4 | He had arrived too late for things that were still in the air but vanished , the whole ferment and brightness and journeyings and youth of the 1960s , the blissful dawn of what he and his contemporaries saw as a pretty blank day . |
| 5 | He achieved this only by disobeying his firm 's orders that he should sell certain stocks at certain times , and by slipping in bargains here and there that were actually in the client 's interest . |
| 6 | It was nevertheless US equipment that was most in the news , after the struggle in Congress to carry through the sale of F-15 Eagles to Saudi Arabia in the face of resolute opposition from Israel and its supporters in the American legislature . |
| 7 | This east wing is all that remains of a house that was once in the shape of an ‘ E ’ without the middle . |
| 8 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 9 | Waterloo , having been worn down in the trench warfare , were left with little option but to run the ball and were still in the match when , from 30 yards range , Buckton fashioned a fine try for the lively Saverimutto . |
| 10 | Their homes had belonged to them , had been taken away from them and were now in the hands of others . |
| 11 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 12 | suggested in Ex parte Benson ( No. 2 ) , The Times , 21 November 1988 , the decision in Handscomb had been that detention for a period equivalent to a determinate sentence of 27 years exceeded by such a wide margin any determinate sentence passed in recent years for the offence of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility , and was thus in the absence of reasons irrational , I would not disagree . |
| 13 | This improvement came through entirely in the second half and was predominantly in the USA where we saw the beginnings of economic recovery . |
| 14 | And was again in the scrub behind the round thatched huts that blazed like torches . |
| 15 | The sound was not far away , and was certainly in the house . |
| 16 | Hitherto , the coalition had only had a one-seat majority in the Parliament as a whole and was actually in a minority in the lower house . |
| 17 | In the stunned silence that followed , Patrick raced up the stairs and down the hall and had the door open and was actually in the room before another word had been spoken . |
| 18 | He originally came from North Shields , and was once in the catering trade . |
| 19 | Habibi was an impatient horse and was always in a hurry to do everything before she was even asked . |
| 20 | She knew everyone and was always in the know , always had some news . |
| 21 | The logs in the basket were rarely burned ; he was suspicious of comfort , and was never in the Palace long enough to make lighting a fire worthwhile . |
| 22 | In the 17C this area was out of the jurisdiction of the town and was solely in the hands of the Knights of Malta , an honour which dates from the 12C . |
| 23 | During the period 1961–73 , the Department of Consumer and Corporate Affairs was more likely to take out an enforcement order against a company that did not dominate the market , and was therefore in no position to affect the market price than one that did have such power ! |
| 24 | Wellington 's riposte was that she had never been to South Africa , while he had and was therefore in a position to judge properly . |
| 25 | Harley was coming into it as an early-season form horse and was therefore in the news , and now his caddie had been murdered so he was very much in the news . |
| 26 | I had risen above him and was now in the state of dung-hai , or complete and utter superiority to Quigley . |
| 27 | You will remember that Julie Smith was admitted for an emergency appendicectomy and was only in the ward for a short period before going to theatre . |
| 28 | I went home sulking and was still in a mood when Frankie returned . |
| 29 | Franks had just arrived with his secretary and was still in the shop . |
| 30 | The crucial appointment had not , to his knowledge , been decided yet and was still in the forefront of his thoughts . |