Example sentences of "was in [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 2 | ‘ What was in that bottle I found in the bathroom ? ’ |
| 3 | There 's a resistor there that was in that tray I do n't know whether it 's fell out the board or |
| 4 | Who was in that side you bowled out ? |
| 5 | Whatever the reason he was in that room it was n't for food . |
| 6 | What was in that cake you gave me ? |
| 7 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 8 | So I said well I 've never been in the situation but I said if it , if it was , if I was in that situation I , asked to see the manager or person in charge , make an offer to pay for any damage that was done and if that did n't suffice then I would say well I am the care officer for a Mencap home and the only thing I can do is say will you er get in touch with my boss and it 'll have to be sorted out from Head Office and she said perfect , you could n't do anything better , then she give me all different things that we 've gone into the next day and the patient 's done everything down the bed , what would you do ? |
| 9 | Well we always do , I mean if you 'd use all that was in that cupboard you 'd have half a dozen jumpers |
| 10 | As I have written elsewhere , ‘ for one who was in perpetual self-inquisition he was remarkably outward-looking , and always showed interest in other people 's activities ’ . |
| 11 | Bee Moore , who worked in Westlands and was a sister of Paccy Moore the shoemaker , had heard that Eve was dead from horrible injuries and that Benny was in such shock she could n't be told . |
| 12 | When Czechoslovakia was in terminal crisis she raised money from the Royal Institute of British Architects to bring back a planeload of children from Prague . |
| 13 | Perhaps Elena thought that if she was in sole charge she could make a proper tyrant out of him . |
| 14 | Big stresses were built up near the glue-lines ; if the glue was in bad condition it broke ; if not , the wood failed near the glue . |
| 15 | He had to remind himself that when she was in this mood she was a mistress of the single , agonized word , the mutely suffering glance . |
| 16 | And er so while I was in this shop I I sold this chap five hundred bundles of fire wood you see ? |
| 17 | The binder twine was in this thing you see and it went |
| 18 | And erm Mark was in last week he said |
| 19 | It was in some figure you ca n't even relate to . |
| 20 | The lawn was illuminated by floodlighting and numerous fairy lights , a number of very large coloured umbrellas had been erected and when all was in full swing it made a very animated and enchanting picture . |
| 21 | The church used to talk about the ‘ natural law ’ and if that was in full force you 'd get up on every good-looking woman within sight . |
| 22 | By the time Gullholm was in full view she was sorry the crossing was over . |