Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't even think I was in contention ’ . |
| 2 | She thought I was carrying on , and she did n't think I was in labour . |
| 3 | ‘ I pleaded guilty because I realised I was in breach of my contract and expected to be punished . |
| 4 | Oh well I 'm sorry I did n't know I was on record and er I withdraw all the remarks and I shall deny everything in court . |
| 5 | Do you know I was in Birmingham yesterday . |
| 6 | I woke up about 12.30 that night , and I really did know I was in labour by this time . |
| 7 | She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’ |
| 8 | I did n't know she was from Wales |
| 9 | I did n't know she was in Melbourne . |
| 10 | In addition to explaining she was in Australia on business , Ashley had meant to say she had not broken the news , that Simon had guessed — but the moment seemed to have gone . |
| 11 | When she woke up , she found she was at home with him at last . ’ |
| 12 | No one seemed to know who was in charge of the country . |
| 13 | Checking everything was in order , lamps were placed on their correct brackets , the handbreak was unwound , and 4913 ‘ Baglan hall ’ of 84B shed clocked off shed at 12.20 pm and passed through the centre road to the far end of Chester . |
| 14 | And if he was , the best way to catch him was through blood testing . |
| 15 | No , I did n't know it was on video . |
| 16 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 17 | An alleged hitman accused of pushing a young couple over a cliff in a burning car has claimed he was at home smoking drugs at the time . |
| 18 | He played the hard man and pretended he was beyond fear , but that was nonsense . |
| 19 | ‘ Anyway , a certain man appeared , and pretended he was in love with Miss Havisham . |
| 20 | Right now , I mentioned it was in aid of charity , how , how are you going on , on the charity side of things ? |
| 21 | George Burley 's door , two along from mine , was wide open , and I found he was in residence , dressed but asleep , quietly snoring in his armchair . |
| 22 | Going absently to see what it was , Greg found it was from Somerset House . |
| 23 | Human rights group say he was in charge of Bolivian death squads responsible for murdering hundreds of journalists , political and labour leaders , and church officials . |
| 24 | The casualty rate so far was no more than might have been expected from the hazardous nature of the operation , and although he could not , in all honesty , say he was in command of the whole ship , he at least held the strategic upper hand . |
| 25 | Such an exhortation was meant to encourage adolescents to accept what was in effect an ideological belief , namely , that ‘ any service for which payment is accepted , however humble it may be , is to be regarded as a service to the community and to be conscientiously performed . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You wanted to know what was in Angela 's will — the one we 're going to prove , that is . |
| 27 | And she still did n't know what was on Luke Hunter 's mind . |
| 28 | I do n't know what was in mind , then she told me , what the problem was . |
| 29 | Little did he know what was in store , she felt . |
| 30 | W did not specify any service to be rendered by A and A did not know what was in W's mind . |