Example sentences of "was in [adj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | when I was in that nearly a fortnight . |
2 | The most recent case was in 1973 when the government appointed a commissioner to take over the housing responsibilities of the Clay Cross Urban District Council because the council refused to operate the provisions of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and charge higher rents to council tenants . |
3 | The occasion of the most recent serious attempt was in 1968 when a Bill designed to further limit the power of the Lords received a second reading in the House of Commons but it foundered . |
4 | The last really bad one was in 1978 when the electricity was off for four days . |
5 | The first involvement of judges , acting outside their courts , in Northern Ireland was in 1969 when the Governor appointed Lord Cameron to lead a commission of enquiry into disturbances . |