Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] in [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Posi then told me that a comm-call was coming in from the Famlio ship , but I told her to ignore it . |
| 2 | Although most Panamanians will welcome the departure of General Noriega , the fact that their new President was sworn in by a US army general at a US army base is likely to colour perceptions of the new government . |
| 3 | Then a motorcyclist was brought in on a blue light , a dispatch rider who had been burning along the Norwich road and hit a patch of oil . |
| 4 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 5 | I 'll wager the Young Pretender was invited in for a Grolsch on his way back from a cave . |
| 6 | But light was spilling in through the seams of the door at the far end of the room ; crimson , glowing light from whatever lay on the other side . |
| 7 | Limp orange light was leaking in around the edges of a grey blind . |
| 8 | A soft light was flooding in through the tower windows . |
| 9 | A little grey light was coming in through the window . |
| 10 | She slept unexpectedly soundly , and when she next opened her eyes , daylight was filtering in through the rather grimy window . |
| 11 | It was growing dark and a sharp wind was coming in off the Mediterranean , blowing up the dust around the house . |
| 12 | A warm wind was coming in with the tide . |
| 13 | The whindust was brought in by the dumpers . |
| 14 | ‘ All the stained glass windows at the front of the bar were blown in by the blast . |
| 15 | Ash privies were an improvement , as they were built above ground level and cemented at the bottom ; ash was thrown in at the front and the contents withdrawn through a door at the back . |
| 16 | The sun was slanting in through the windows and heating the place up . |
| 17 | When she woke , it was late and the sun was coming in through the greasy , grey window . |
| 18 | When Caroline awakened , the sun was streaming in through the windows . |
| 19 | The sun was streaming in at the windows of her room . |
| 20 | As we emptied our dustbins out we noticed another bin full of cold ravioli and bread left over from lunch ; the bread was mixed in with the garbage and was soggy from being in a dustbin of cold ravioli for two hours . |
| 21 | A child was brought in in the last stages of diphtheria . |
| 22 | The question was sent in by a viewer and ran as follows : ‘ Will Mr Kinnock , if he becomes Prime Minister , return the Elgin Marbles to Athens ? ’ |
| 23 | Darren Anderton slipped past Tom Cowan 's lethargic tackle and his low cross from the right was slotted in by the England player . |
| 24 | A cold breeze was blowing in off the sea which blasted them the moment they stepped on to the pavement . |
| 25 | The spring sunshine was almost warm and a soft breeze was blowing in from the sea . |
| 26 | A breeze was coming in from the water , stirring the branches overhead and sending a low , unearthly moan through the woodland . |
| 27 | Visiting locomotives are a main feature of the railway and during the Annual Vintage Day Rally on Sunday , October 11 , a scale replica of 0-4-0T ‘ Cadbury Number II ’ in maroon livery was steaming in to the record books . |
| 28 | As I left the next shift was settling in for the day , writing up diaries , reading novels and brewing up endless cups of tea . |
| 29 | Our era was ushered in with a reminder that the flood remained not entirely tamed . |
| 30 | The international civil rights group was called in by a province-wide body of Protestant community leaders , the Ulster Community Action Network ( UCAN ) . |