Example sentences of "was in [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover , there was in both the Conservative and Labour Parties at this time a widespread mistrust and fear of Lloyd George . |
2 | But , after seeing Thoroughly Modern Millie , I honestly felt that I could n't take a whole movie in which Carol was in practically every scene . |
3 | Everyone was in rather a hurry and I am always bad at catching people 's names . |
4 | Obviously I should have provided more text than I did , but I suppose I was in rather a hurry . |
5 | In Oxfordshire the Stonesfield slate-pits and mines shut down one by one during the second half of the nineteenth century ; in Leicestershire the Swithland slate-quarries , which had been worked since Henry III 's time , shut down altogether in 1887 ; and so it was in nearly every county in England . |
6 | You could n't cut them that day cos they were hot , you see , the day you killed them the , cos father was a rare man he , when we got , we got two fridges , we used to kill a week in hand , you see , one lot was in one fridge , that was in there a week before we touched it yeah . |
7 | While she — she was in quite a bargaining position . |
8 | Jacqui was in quite a state . |
9 | ‘ I know , but she phoned for her results — she was surprised to get me , she seemed to have hoped you 'd be waiting by the phone — and when I told them you 'd gone , her mother took the phone and was in quite a tizz and had a word with Mr Fry and then said they 'd get the next plane home . |
10 | He took her arm firmly and Jenna was in quite a dilemma . |