Example sentences of "was in a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in a tiny square of the Old City . |
| 2 | The shower cubicle was in a tiny room with a basin and toilet off the bedroom , and a luxurious steam built up quickly in spite of the efforts of the extractor fan to draw it away . |
| 3 | The site was in a rural area in a particular situation where it might have been acceptable on planning and highway grounds but for the problems of smell and dust . |
| 4 | But in these nursery nests , the kittens took the first nipple they came across , regardless of whether it was in a familiar position on the female 's belly , or even which belly it was . |
| 5 | Robinson had argued that the Church was in a critical position in that it was becoming ever more remote from modern society and that it must therefore rethink its position . |
| 6 | A NIGHTCLUB doorman was in a critical condition in hospital yesterday after a Belfast shooting . |
| 7 | In Dortmund a 56-year-old man , apparently an even more extreme right-winger , was in a critical condition after being kicked and pelted with bottles by left-wingers . |
| 8 | When she arrived in Paris in May 1914 , she was in a dangerous frame of mind , footloose , resentful and spoiling for adventure . |
| 9 | I suppose they could see I was in a mild state of shock . |
| 10 | Welder George Wallace , 50 , of Hipsburn Drive , Humbleton Hill , Sunderland , who was thrown from the top of a chemical tank at a Consett factory when the solvent it contained exploded , was in a stable condition at Newcastle General Hospital yesterday . |
| 11 | Let us assume that initially the exchange rate was in a stable equilibrium with no shifts in the demand for and supply of sterling . |
| 12 | He gave the lawyer his address , which was in a poor part of London . |
| 13 | It was in a poor part of London , in a dirty street full of cheap bars and eating-houses . |
| 14 | The monument itself was in a poor state of repair and suffering the effects of age . |
| 15 | Further downstream is Flaxley Mill which , by the 1950s , was in a poor state of repair , but has since been fully restored , now forming the headquaters of an electronics company . |
| 16 | Comments : Hall was in a poor state of repair , and was awaiting sale and/or redevelopment . |
| 17 | POOR STATE Mr Laurie Mulrine , senior planning officer , said the existing building was in a poor state of repair and the back of the site was vacant . |
| 18 | A third dummy was in a seated position on the fourth chair which was set away from the table . |
| 19 | The slate roof was mildewed in places and the guttering shaky , but otherwise the place was in a good state of repair . |
| 20 | He was in a good frame of mind : he often referred to the royal garden party when he was in a good frame of mind . |
| 21 | He was in a good frame of mind : he often referred to the royal garden party when he was in a good frame of mind . |
| 22 | Now I was in a perfect world of ocean , mountains and great waters , of mighty men mightily acting or speaking , Napoleon and Byron himself . |
| 23 | THE market was in a lethargic mood with a number of the major international investors in the US away from the action because of the American public holiday . |
| 24 | The latter had a mere twelve members but nevertheless carried weight in a situation where the Callaghan government was in a technical minority in the House and in danger of imminent defeat . |
| 25 | ‘ Well Miss , ’ Barney stuttered , ‘ the last I heard , Nigger was in a naval prison for beating up an officer . |
| 26 | A MOTHER was killed and her two young children injured when her car was in a horrific collision with a lorry on the transPennine A66 route yesterday . |
| 27 | ‘ Michael was in a vicious mood at the airport . |
| 28 | Adele was in a similar position to herself — caught up in the middle of a war , alone , and without the protection of close family . |
| 29 | Before that it was in a similar condition to the cottage next door which has the original entrance to the spa . |
| 30 | However , the Marton route in 1945 was in a sorry state of repair , and there was much talk in the press of alternatives to tramway renewal . |