Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the yolk sac will still be evident , there will not be a great deal of nutritious value left in it , as they will have been used up while the fry were in the pit developing . |
| 2 | When the AA van arrived they informed him they could not take his car home unless he or his girlfriend were in the recovery van . |
| 3 | Do you know the American President and his adviser were in the malai capital at the time ? ’ |
| 4 | On closer examination , however , it was immediately clear that Franco did not trust the Falangists in the areas most closely related to the exercise of real power ( i.e. to the control of the force of arms ) : all three defence Ministries were in the hands of military men well known for anti-Falangist political sympathies . |
| 5 | The kids were in the house and Daddy was up in the roof throwing bikes down . |
| 6 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 7 | Again , the counts of Flanders were in the vanguard , with Robert the Frisian and Robert II offering protection for merchants crossing the county and their peace for the duration of fairs . |
| 8 | Originally , projections for West German investment were in the range of DM120 billion ; actual investment has been only DM13 million . |
| 9 | Arsenal were in the final , but Chapman poured cold water on hopes for the Double . |
| 10 | Perhaps its last flowerings were in the events of May 1968 and in the punk revolution of the 1970s . |
| 11 | ‘ I could n't see his face very well because the leaves and branches were in the way , but I saw him climb the fence and steal the bulbs . ’ |
| 12 | As built , the cars were in the red and white livery , but in 1933 , car 28 was painted in the new green and ivory colours , and the others followed . |
| 13 | Margaret and Dickie were in the garden playing badminton when Mr Remington-Hart rang up and asked to speak to my aunt . |
| 14 | In fact , he was already discussing it in his office when he discovered that Paramount were in the middle of a feud with Redford and were just about to serve him with a writ . |
| 15 | Communications , security and the maintenance of the entire complex were in the hands of Russian officers under contract to the Iraqi government . |
| 16 | They did sometimes falter against lesser teams , and in particular had a habit of losing to Crystal Palace in Cup ties , but Northampton were still rank outsiders , especially as their League performances were in the doldrums . |
| 17 | Most of the husbands were in the Forces and mine was at home and er any way er before I left two two different women had had babies and had abortions and died . |
| 18 | And er th they were all people whose husbands were in the Forces fighting |
| 19 | Ho responded immediately to this newspaper article by proposing various measures which might lead to a return to normality and to the hopeful provisions of the modus vivendi , not least an end to the press and radio incitements from both sides , but whether at this stage Ho and Blum were in the saddle or not , things were beginning to fall apart . |
| 20 | My presents were in the cupboard … they 've all gone ! ’ |
| 21 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 22 | ‘ The knives were in the kitchen . ’ |
| 23 | During the mid-sixties the strongest pressures on the profession 's practice were in the area of conveyancing . |
| 24 | ‘ When he was vice-president , I met him at a stage dinner when the Reagans were in the White House and we had a dance and we talked about playing tennis . |
| 25 | Martha and Tilda were in the position of having no spending money , but this was less important when they were not attending school and were spared the pains of comparison , and they felt no bitterness against their mother , because she had n't any either . |
| 26 | But he said all had been totally dismantled since he came to power in 1989 and all South African nuclear facilities were open to scrutiny by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) , whose inspectors were in the country at the moment . |
| 27 | The Dragoons were in the district and to hide from them he retired to a small cave on the banks of the Lugar River , close to its junction with the Dippel Burn . |
| 28 | The club account books were in the house and over £2,000 in cash . |
| 29 | ‘ The winners were In the Heat of the Night and Rod Steiger for his performance in it , Katharine Hepburn ( Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner ? ) , |
| 30 | Jack Pertwee was getting married in the morning and the Kingsmarkham and District Darts Club were in the Dragon to give him what George Carter called a send-off . |