Example sentences of "and was in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McMillan was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution and was in a great deal of pain with his dislocated shoulder , plus the cuts and bruises he had to suffer . |
| 2 | The GP was nearer to the patient , knew more about the practical needs and family situation and was in a good position to act as the proxy but expert consumer . |
| 3 | Dart , of Leeds , also shot a boy of 17 in the leg with an airgun dart and was in a stolen Cavalier SRi car which rammed a police van . |
| 4 | No matter how Tamar used her wits , she could see no way out of the situation and was in a constant state of panic that he would carry out his threat . |
| 5 | She found the responsibility of being the Mayor 's wife almost too much for her , and was in a constant flutter for fear she forgot something in connection with the entertainment of the steady procession of guests , important to Tollemarche , who filed through her home . |
| 6 | My sister took a bit of stick at first , too , and although she 's two years younger than me and was in a different class , we stuck together at break times and tried to avoid the sneering eyes . |
| 7 | She was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine and was in a special bed ; accordingly , a motor ambulance would be required . |
| 8 | He had lost the intensity that his love had generated and was in a post-coital triste . |
| 9 | He was from Sheffield and worked as a clerk , and was in a fundamentalist evangelical crusade . |