Example sentences of "[was/were] in [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may have agreed that if the goods were in existence he would acquire the ownership of them and if they were not in existence he would get nothing but that in either event he would pay the price . |
| 2 | When we were in school they were saying ‘ you can be anything you f—ing wan na be ’ , and I think that was the first generation of women that ever heard that , except for thousands of years ago . |
| 3 | My sister buried all her valuables showing me the spot so that I could tell her children where they were in case she was killed . |
| 4 | Although they were in vogue she could not abide them : ‘ What beats me is when an unsentimental artist like Modigliani says : ‘ Oui , très joli ’ about them . |
| 5 | DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS WE WERE IN PRÉFLEUR WE spoke little . |
| 6 | And when I asked yo and when I said to her , you were in toilet she got up and she ran across there ! |
| 7 | I were just like that when I were at home on me own at night , John used to play dominoes on a Friday night , the kids were in bed I 'd be in and out of kitchen |
| 8 | When you were in love you only thought of yourself and your love ; Ruth knew that well enough . |
| 9 | It erm well I du n no cos if you were in bingo they would say the bingo bus goes at |
| 10 | When we were in port he let me off work and allowed me to go ashore for as long as I wanted : " After all , you 're here to see these places . |
| 11 | So I would say to this Council when they were in power they set compulsive competitive tendering that sent thirteen hundred people down the road . |
| 12 | Liberal Democrat candidate Suzanne Fletcher said if her party were in power they would bring in a new type of rented housing , called partnership housing , which would cater for middle income groups wanting to rent rather than buy , built through public and private money . |
| 13 | Liberal Democrat candidate Suzanne Fletcher said if her party were in power they would bring in a new type of rented housing , called partnership housing , which would cater for middle income groups wanting to rent rather than buy , built through public and private money . |
| 14 | One issue that is particularly damaging is the decision by the Labour party that if it were in power it would tax British farmers and give the money to the farmers of Spain , Portugal and Greece . |
| 15 | When all five were in place she raised her arm , and smiled , admiring them . |
| 16 | So when he heard you were in town he hit on a plan to get rid of both of you . |
| 17 | If we were in opposition we would do exactly the same . |
| 18 | Aye well we 've all spoken about it before and I mean yo When we were in hospital we spoke together about it and er obviously it 's it 's it 's something you that wo n't really be able to tell unless you give it try . |
| 19 | Told ya , I know when I were in hospital I had that stuff on me you know it were terrible even though it was |
| 20 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 21 | ‘ If you were in danger I would have told you , ’ he went on . |
| 22 | When Labour were in office they cut police expenditure by 2 per cent . |
| 23 | Now if we created when we were in control we will win against them … or find an inspired Seaman . |
| 24 | He could play midfield if any other midfielders had to be taken off and if his bro' or Deano were in trouble he could play right back with Kelly up front . |
| 25 | In the evenings when Constance was in bed she sat in her husband 's favourite chair and contemplated her lot . |
| 26 | I decided that once Thomas was in bed I 'd tell you I loved you and ask if we could start over , but — ’ |
| 27 | He said I remembered last night he said if I was in bed I was gon na get wet . |
| 28 | When everyone was in bed he would go round to every window , double-check if it was locked and then , before he came upstairs , place a few key obstacles in the path of any potential intruder . |
| 29 | While he was in school I gave him every chance I could to play before an audience , both in the school and in the local YMCA . |
| 30 | That was in case I had a ‘ hypo ’ , ’ she recalls . |