Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] was [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I was on the same wavelength as the Prime Minister almost from the start , although I did work for her beforehand and try to pull together some of the policies . |
| 2 | ‘ Why do you think I was in the Mafia ? ’ |
| 3 | You 'd think I was round the twist if I told you . |
| 4 | ‘ I THOUGHT I was still standing and then I realised I was on the floor . ’ |
| 5 | No , I I mean I was on the phone and th , there was a knock at the door and this woman came round and said she was from from the |
| 6 | I mean I was at the party but I did n't see anything suspicious . ’ |
| 7 | like you just , they just went , oh and but I think it 's finally , I mean I was in the |
| 8 | She just had to turn out , and there was nothing coming down , foot down , opened up , got I was at the top of the hill and she was nowhere in sight . |
| 9 | ‘ How did you know I was at the Holiday Inn ? ’ |
| 10 | How did you know I was in the garden ? ’ |
| 11 | But I do know I was in the presence of a very dangerous man . ’ |
| 12 | I found I was outside the tent , standing up with my jacket clutched to me , the better to see them . |
| 13 | There never was any threat from them to Barbara — they did n't know she was at the flat because she was in her room when they burst in . |
| 14 | When we were all seated in our kitchen Frankie wanted to know who was at the graveyard and what had happened . |
| 15 | The BBC refuse comment , except to say : ‘ Prince Charles expressed interest in the show and wanted to know who was on the bill . ’ |
| 16 | He 'd called her Rory earlier in the evening — when they 'd been dancing , when he 'd kissed her and made her completely forget she was in the middle of a crowd of people . |
| 17 | Simon , yesterday , denying he was on the prom at all . |
| 18 | I did n't know it was on the , it was on the T V today , said it was very good . |
| 19 | John Coffin did not know he was on the wrong side yet , not having so far met Rose Hilaire , but he too realized that there might be a fight ahead . |
| 20 | The precaution probably was n't necessary , but on the off-chance that more thugs from INCUBUS came sniffing round , they would n't know he was in the area . |
| 21 | Did n't you know he was in the prison service ? |
| 22 | Or Hofmannsthal telling Strauss how ‘ delighted and moved he was by the music ’ ? |
| 23 | I say it was on the cards because throughout the match the Scousers used the tactic of playing the long ball towards Rush and it was then quite simply a one-on-one race with either Fairclough or Newsome . |
| 24 | He arrived at 1.30am on the first day , slept for a few hours and turned up at the clubhouse to find he was in the field . |
| 25 | In the bucket in the cupboard Barry the Time Sprout woke suddenly to find he was in the wrong chapter . |
| 26 | To his relief he found he was above the trees and looking down into a murkiness that was beginning to map itself below him into defined and recognizable shapes . |
| 27 | He wanted his fans to know he was on the mend . |
| 28 | But now again a wicked curiosity rose up in him , to know what was inside the second reed . |
| 29 | And er they used to determine what came through , they used to really , you know what came over the Bridge , all picketed and er they 'd want to know what was in the van and everything and if the er trades council said , No it 's not coming , it did n't come . |
| 30 | " He 'd know what was on the bills of lading . |