Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [conj] [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wards were crowded and even in mid-winter very sick babies had to be wheeled out into the open air to get from one part of the hospital to another . |
| 2 | Now , from the mid-seventeenth century onwards , they were more than ever in evidence , as pamphleteers and propagandists ready to justify them grew in numbers . |
| 3 | Central government intervention into public health , sanitation and housing was cautious and piecemeal in comparison with Chadwick 's conception of a centralized supervisory network . |
| 4 | She was ageless and even in age would , I knew , be careless . |
| 5 | I would like to express my thanks and appreciation for all the cards , letters and offers of help sent to wish David well when he was ill and then in sympathy when he died . |
| 6 | Fighting in October was widespread but particularly in evidence in the provinces of Battambang , Kompong Thom , Pursat , Siem Reap and Oddar Meanchey , and around Phnom Penh . |