Example sentences of "he was in [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I think he was in a munitions factory somewhere near Baghdad and the stress had certainly precipitated quite a serious heart condition and that was under a relatively peaceful situation , so if there was any sign of war out there that would obviously be tenfold .
2 Besides , the last thing she wanted was to come face to face with Rune again , especially if he was in the arms of a reconciled Lotta !
3 And he was in the jacuzzi with her , turning up the dials until the water bubbled furiously around them .
4 Sometimes he was in the robes of a desert prince and the headdress of Joe Arafat , riding a white horse .
5 He was in the territorials so he was called up
6 He was in the strikes of 1921 and 1926 when they were all unemployed .
7 The trouble with Ben was , he still thought he was in the police force and was constantly leaving scribbled messages about procedures for patrolling the yard and checking the padlocks and bolts .
8 He was in the police you know , and he was a male nurse .
9 I went to the bar racks , the caserna , in Fontanellato to find out when my father was going to be released , but was told that they did not know , for he was in the hands of the Secret Police .
10 He looked scared , not so much , Owen judged , because he was in the hands of the police but rather because he was in different surroundings from those he was used to , the modern , built-up , Europeanized part of the city and not the warren of tiny mediaeval streets he normally inhabited .
11 He dreamt that he was in the coils of a giant worm , and when he woke he found the bedclothes wrapped tightly around him .
12 Once , Ken told John Lahr , he was in the depths of despair .
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