Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Originally , projections for West German investment were in the range of DM120 billion ; actual investment has been only DM13 million . |
| 3 | During the mid-sixties the strongest pressures on the profession 's practice were in the area of conveyancing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If , for example , a horseman was in the field and the ploughing was going on extremely well , his stetches coming out neatly , with dead-straight furrows and a level ‘ top ’ , his mate sometimes called out in recognition of his prowess : |
| 6 | Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing . |
| 7 | The card was in the door , and you rang him up anyway |
| 8 | He says the card was in the name of the Rt Hon Norman Lamont , and the Chancellor simply signed as Norman Lamont . |
| 9 | Last night Bowe 's manager , Rock Newman , revealed a new deal was in the pipeline . |
| 10 | From mid-July the force was in the process of formation , although details of deployments were not publicized . |
| 11 | Her bedroom was in the basement . |
| 12 | Their bedroom was in the front of the house and looked out over the sea , a vast expanse of blue , sparkling in early morning sunshine . |
| 13 | An RAF Warrant Officer in the Medical Administration branch , this Veteran was in the war from the start , helping to set up a field hospital . |
| 14 | By 9.45 pm , 10.00 pm at the very latest , a full episode was in the can , complete with its opening and closing title graphics , all the incidental music , all optical and mechanical effect sequences , even the strange and weird electronic voices of such monsters as the Daleks and the Mechonoids . |
| 15 | ‘ The trophy was in the shape of a wooded scroll with a quartz clock and a brass plate inscribed with the words , ‘ Presented to Joan Rawson by the Stockport & District Concert Secretaries at the 29th Command Show 1992 . ’ |
| 16 | In such a case it was argued , following St Augustine , that since the soldier was in the service of his lord , it was the lord who must accept responsibility . |
| 17 | When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . |
| 18 | Jane Leeson went into the photographic studio and told her husband that Lowell 's girlfriend was in the reception area . |
| 19 | The only occasion when rail closures were raised in my time at the Transport Department was in the spring of 1981 . |
| 20 | Ferrières itself was south of Paris , between Sens and Orléans , both sees whose bishops were supporting Charles ; but its rich dependent house of St-Josse near Quentovic was in the area that fell under Lothar 's control in September 840 , and Lothar lost no time in handing it over to one of his own clerks . |
| 21 | And Her Majesty was in the parade ring to assess the runners and riders for the big race , the Queen Mother Champion Steeplechase . |
| 22 | After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing . |
| 23 | Kingfisher was forced to show its hand after rumours that a bid was in the offing began to circulate on Tuesday . |
| 24 | The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player 's interests . |
| 25 | Why , then , the attack of cold feet when the programme was in the can and the billing in the Radio Times ? |
| 26 | My introduction to the Advanced Courses Development Programme was in the form of SCOTVEC 's Consultative Paper which arrived at the College early in 1987 . |
| 27 | At least , he could if the fault was in the machine rather than in the meat . |
| 28 | The dying Pitt , rejoicing in the House of Lords that the grave had not closed over him before he could protest against ‘ the dismemberment of this noble empire ’ , was a tragic figure ; but the tragedy was in the absurdity of the protest . |
| 29 | The very real tragedy was in the fate of one man and what was needed was an Everyman figure who could carry the story by being charming , innocent , ordinary , and haunted and that is what the skills of Muni could give them . |
| 30 | The mayor was in the process of proposing a motion of sympathy with Lady Churchill , following the death of Sir Winston , when James Gallagher of Creggan Heights rose in the public gallery to read a short statement on behalf of the DUAC calling on the councillors to sink their political differences and to unite in efforts to press the Government to establish new industries in Derry . |