Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] in [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Stubbins ' manner suggested that I was in for trouble . |
| 2 | At the far end of the room , marooned on a dais in splendid isolation , sat those fellows of the college who were in for lunch that day . |
| 3 | Dusk was closing in , the garden had acquired a certain mystery in the twilight and the room itself was in near darkness . |
| 4 | With break for We 'd start we 'd do the cattle feed the cattle in the morning and then we were in for breakfast and then er be out then and er dinner then was usually about half past twelve and you started again on at two . |
| 5 | With a foreboding which Harriet had experienced more than once in her life , something told her that they were in for trouble . |
| 6 | In general , children stay in the same percentile band they were in at birth . |
| 7 | Well it was all it was in with presentation skills . |
| 8 | A good , well-timed release action will return the club to the position it was in at address . |
| 9 | He was in After Dark My Sweet and Rush |