Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] in [art] [noun pl] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was in the hills north of Achnashellach recently on a day of low cloud and smirry rain . |
| 2 | Oh yeah , yes , when I went , when I went to a , when I was in India I went to have a , cos I went , I went , I was in the singles section then , in Colchester , and I went out , and I went , not I went to a licence agent first , and then I went to the headquarters , Signals there , and the bloke I remembered best of all , I think , was oh Cakey , his name was and his initials were Cakey . |
| 3 | The only one who spoke to me about it was a police officer when I was in the police station : ‘ Why is a young girl like you destroying yourself on this stuff . ’ |
| 4 | You were in the police car ? |
| 5 | I was informed she was in the burns unit . |
| 6 | We were in the sports hall and she flew right up on to the top of the climbing frame at the far end from where I was giving my little lecture . |
| 7 | The effect of the new evidence from the two women was to suggest that the man who assaulted Miss Wilson was arrested an hour earlier , at 11:50pm , and that they were in the police station making their statements at about the time of the murder and the discovery of the body . |
| 8 | When we arrested people , if we arrested them and if they were in the police station for many hours , the only food that they were given was supplied by Weavers Restaurant , just inside Street . |
| 9 | I think he was in a munitions factory somewhere near Baghdad and the stress had certainly precipitated quite a serious heart condition and that was under a relatively peaceful situation , so if there was any sign of war out there that would obviously be tenfold . |
| 10 | The trouble with Ben was , he still thought he was in the police force and was constantly leaving scribbled messages about procedures for patrolling the yard and checking the padlocks and bolts . |