Example sentences of "was [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go and see one of the Bond films which was on in a cinema at Leicester Square . |
| 2 | France was on in a sense France was on probation in eighteen fifteen to eighteen eighteen . |
| 3 | Unlike his predecessors , he seems to have got his nobles more or less under control , and had pacified the Highlands ; but , like those predecessors , he found that England was rarely in a mood to be pacified . |
| 4 | The money was all in a pot . |
| 5 | A row was all in a day 's work for her , and at the end she 'd feel pleased with herself and at peace with the world . |
| 6 | She had unflinchingly wrenched the arrow out of his arm as if ‘ t was all in a day 's work , and had argued with him all through the operation and while bandaging his wound later . |
| 7 | For Crawford , it was all in a day 's work , and split-second timing was the key . |
| 8 | He was obviously in a mood . |
| 9 | The sparrow was n't too badly injured as far as I could tell , but it was obviously in a state of shock and could n't fly . |
| 10 | In 1979 Labour was obviously in a panic — that set the mood . |
| 11 | He was clutching his foot and was obviously in a lot of pain . |
| 12 | It would take too long and she would n't understand ; besides , she had phoned at a bad moment — Anne was obviously in a hurry to go out . |
| 13 | One night I was down in a bar on V Street and their tongues got loose . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Goodnight , little one , ’ he bade her softly , and Fabia was suddenly in a dream world again . |
| 15 | The fully independent craftsman owning the materials on which he worked and selling the product of his own labour was much in a minority by the middle of the eighteenth century . |
| 16 | He was thus in a position to observe closely not only the political reactions in Paris but also the establishment of the new Court . |
| 17 | The most serious immediate threat to Charles came from Charles of Navarre , who held several castles on the border between Normandy and the Ile-de-France and who was thus in a position to threaten Paris . |
| 18 | She was thus in a position to reap considerable economic benefits from the conflict . |
| 19 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 20 | G-7 was thus in a position to agree a " safety net " for Vneshekonombank 's Western subsidiaries against possible default on debt repayments . |
| 21 | Charles outlived him by hardly more than a year : his life was thus in a sense overshadowed by Louis , constantly subject to fraternal political pressure , his kingdom twice fraternally-invaded , his ultimate imperial plans beset by fraternal rivalry . |
| 22 | Was ashore in a cleft among the rocks there and the the lifeboat had to turn in a position that was just about twice her own length . |
| 23 | It was over in a second , Barnett cannoned off the flattened front of the vehicle then tumbled down the road coming to rest in an inert heap . |
| 24 | The forced sale was over in a matter of hours . |
| 25 | It was over in a matter of seconds . |
| 26 | It was over in an instant . |
| 27 | Cathery reflected all Wilson 's sentiments on the treatment of Germans when the war was over in an election address to the people of Bootle , where he was a parliamentary candidate . |
| 28 | I was outside in an instant . |
| 29 | The area to the south of Saville Street which had been the commercial centre for the port was already in a state of decay with banks , etc. moving north towards residential areas . |
| 30 | Veljko Kadijevic asserting that Yugoslavia was already in a state of civil war , the Defence Secretariat on May 6 placed the JNA in a full state of combat alert , ordered the Croatian government to stop its attacks against the army , and threatened to " settle accounts " with those who organized intra-national conflicts and set the people against the JNA . |