Example sentences of "[was/were] in [adj] [noun sg] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His affairs and will were in good order but there were odd points that he wanted to check . |
| 2 | The sixties were in full swing and we all lived , whether we like it or not , in a permissive society . |
| 3 | Blue Steel Mk II and Blue Streak were in full development and their cancellation was unthinkable . |
| 4 | Weighing from 1lb 6oz to 2lb 12oz , the babies were in intensive care but their condition was described by the hospital as stable . |
| 5 | They were in chronological order and I saw him grow older before my eyes . |
| 6 | Well right , we really stuck up for her when she was in that fight and everything ! |
| 7 | it 's erm , you shut up , no I went in , I 've never been in Weeks , to go in and have a look and everything , it was Hamish that was in that time and you can have a right laugh with him , he 's the one that came and sorted the hall and stairs |
| 8 | My , my sister- in-law , she w had to go in just before Christmas , had to rather suddenly she 's was diagnosed in the summer as having diverticulitis and they planned a sort of diet out to keep her really well and she was in terrible pain and they rushed her off for a scan and er she goes privately cos Vernon , I think actually his is BUPA that he 's in , he joined when it first came out and she wrote to me and she said oh I 'm , I just feel so lonely , there 's nobody to talk to , I 've got nobody to see or anything and she felt a bit cos she was n't really that ill |
| 9 | ‘ He was in great pain but he used his skill and experience to escape . |
| 10 | While he wrote on many aspects of neurology and psychiatry ( which he regarded as ‘ neurology without physical signs ’ ) his major research interest was in multiple sclerosis and he was chairman of the medical panel of the UK Multiple Sclerosis Society and honorary clinical adviser to the MRC Demyelinating Diseases Unit . |
| 11 | By 1852 she was in serious pain and her death chamber was the scene of a drama presided over by her vulturine mother . |
| 12 | I used to do criminal work when I was in general practice but I have n't done criminal work now for about four or five years . |
| 13 | Well , he was in this pen and I was sort of behind him |
| 14 | But then when you do peel them away , whether you can have a potentiality , like the when talked about he talked about either side of his face timeless void that you had to see the limit of it so that you could have erm that that I was in this body and there 's something about this body that I 'm going to go back into the body and then that could differentiate perhaps . |
| 15 | It was in last year or something . |
| 16 | Then Amanda Pennington might hear about it ; her cousin was in another House and they wrote to each other . |
| 17 | But the cook was in fine form and they seemed to be thawing a bit when I left them chattering away in Greek with Denholm sitting among them and not understanding a word they were saying . |
| 18 | After an impressive first year as a factory rider , Zeelenberg was in big demand but he turned down the lucrative offers without a moment 's hesitation . |
| 19 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |