Example sentences of "was in [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Damien Robb was in superb form from placed balls , converting five frees and making an immense contribution to his side 's victory . |
| 2 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 3 | A police spokesman said the stolen car was in poor condition with a broken rear passenger window . |
| 4 | Growth was back at a remarkable six per cent in 1968 , inflation remained low and the budget was in healthy surplus by 1969 . |
| 5 | One example of an inappropriate context was in rural areas of Wales where some teachers considered that timetables were too unfamiliar to the pupils to provide a fair test of their skills and understanding of the mathematics involved . |
| 6 | In London , their friendly reception at the court of George III and his German born wife Queen Charlotte was in complete contrast to the snobbery of Versailles . |
| 7 | Their main hope lay in the less-than-brilliant Hampshire ground-fielding , which was in complete contrast with the way Kent had performed on Saturday . |
| 8 | There was some evidence that she was in complete ignorance of the power of attorney and of her power of sale . |
| 9 | As I made these suggestions to her , I was continually reminding her that she was feeling very relaxed and comfortable and that she was in complete control of the situation and need do nothing ( even in her imagination ) that she did not choose to . |
| 10 | I need n't have worried too much because Seve was in complete control on the first round . |
| 11 | Residents appreciated the low traffic volume and near absence of through-traffic and a majority of them was in complete agreement over the restrictions on cars . |
| 12 | Margaret was in complete agreement with her husband 's refusal to accept the bribe of a bishopric . |
| 13 | Sheila was in complete agreement with me on this subject , and the only disadvantage we could see to living in a barracks was having men in heavy boots walking about over your head . |
| 14 | I was in complete agreement with the pathologist 's view … that death resulting from status asthmaticus is death due to ‘ natural causes ; ’ and since there was nothing to suggest , in my opinion ( then and now ) , that the death was ‘ violent or unnatural , ’ or that it otherwise fell within the provisions of section 19(4) of the Act [ of 1988 ] , I was satisfied , in all the circumstances , that an inquest was unnecessary . |
| 15 | Mr McNamara said the bombing was in complete disregard of the Geneva Convention , which demanded respect for the wounded and sick . |
| 16 | Mansell , accompanied by his wife Roseanne , was in emotional mood after hopping on to the stage at the International Motor Sports Federation 's annual prize-giving . |
| 17 | Mitchell was in second place at the end of lap one , then developed tyre trouble and eventually had to drop out . |
| 18 | Moodie led from the start and never looked like being caught even though late in the race Joey Dunlop put in a spurt and was in second place with one lap to go . |
| 19 | Patrese , having dropped to sixth , hauled himself back into contention , passing Berger and Alesi ( again ) and was in second place as the pit stops began . |
| 20 | Despite qualifying sixth , the Reynard driver made a superb start and was in second place by the first corner , taking the lead from Gianni Morbidelli 's Lola by the end of the lap . |
| 21 | The princess was in sparkling form on the third day of their four-day tour as she showed her skills with chopsticks when offered a pancake during a visit to a welfare centre in Bongchun-Dong , a poor suburb of Seoul . |
| 22 | The princess was in sparkling form on the third day of their four-day tour . |
| 23 | The land in question was in that part of northern Zawiya which is called Mannaia , and it seems beyond doubt that the Mannaia had granted it to the Sanusi order in the 1870s . |
| 24 | The Ayrshire land granted to Walter Fitzallan was in that part of the county still called Kyle , which is , roughly , the land between the rivers Irvine and Doon . |
| 25 | erm , there 's on certain parts of ah what they put has shown they they 've understood what was in that part of the diary like in the exercises relating this morning to or to learning like with the Roman numerals and the other thing they shown that they understood what was in that context , but then on erm when you get later on it 's just er |
| 26 | I was in that scene with Morgan Fairchild when she … ’ ) , this summer will see him seizing co-starring laurels in a motion picture entitled Encino Man . |
| 27 | He said so to the Zoo Curator , who was in that building in the afternoon , adding , ‘ Naturally , there would have to be no bars there , Curator ! |
| 28 | Er yes because obviously I was in that type of field . |
| 29 | It was in that kind of environment that the Takeover Panel started its life from small beginnings and with a light touch . |
| 30 | I knew then that is she was in that kind of mood there was no point in staying around . |