Example sentences of "was in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The summit of this very steep grade was in the tunnel and once out of it engines would shut off to get their breath back . |
| 2 | An emergency procedure was in operation which should have ensured that only one train was in the tunnel . |
| 3 | The doctors did all that all he had was in the leg . |
| 4 | ‘ It was in the document accompanying the letter . |
| 5 | He 'd better not switch it on till he was in the wood . |
| 6 | Even while the arrow was in the wood |
| 7 | She was in the birth canal , her head and ears were covered , she was at peace . |
| 8 | The game from that period looks just as it did when the original agreement was concluded — because of the infinite horizon assumption every subgame is identical to the original game — and so if it was in the firms ' interests to negotiate that agreement initially it will be in their interests now to renegotiate that agreement . |
| 9 | The point at which the system may be said to have commenced was in the Progress Office . |
| 10 | Every night when he was in The Bar , Boy wore his black shoes . |
| 11 | I was in the bar at the theatre and everyone famous was there — Pauline from ‘ EastEnders ’ and the Queen ( she was dragging Princess Anne behind her in a pushchair ) and Meryl Streep and Samantha Fox and Rowan Atkinson and Paul McCartney looking like Lady Macbeth — his hands were dripping with blood . |
| 12 | Seona Dancing : First gig was in the bar of University College , London . |
| 13 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 14 | ‘ Raimundo was in the bar with his friends last night . |
| 15 | Angel was in the bar too . |
| 16 | Only minutes earlier , the gentle giant was in the bar chatting with friends and fans , the next he 's on stage and screaming himself raw as the tortured madman at the wheel of the flaming incandescence that is Into Paradise live . |
| 17 | Before he saw Nicandra alone on the stand , he had noticed a different kind of tension ; it was in the bar , where Andrew was having a drink with Lalage , while now , he guessed , Nicandra would be getting the money on to Lalage 's horse . |
| 18 | Detectives are anxious to trace everyone who was in the bar last night . |
| 19 | Mind you , like I said Stuart I was in the bar and and if I did n't like it I could of gone in the lounge so I mean they could n't ha he would n't have it . |
| 20 | As soon as the probe digit appeared the subject was required to decide whether it was in the memory set just presented . |
| 21 | That Dihistan , who had won the Hardwicke Stakes at Royal Ascot , was in the race as pacemaker for Shahrastani and Shardari , bears witness to the class of the race . |
| 22 | For the previous five years I 'd worked solely as a sports photographer , and had really enjoyed it , but my work on the Hoggar Marathon was different , because I was just as interested in the scenery that surrounded me as I was in the race itself . |
| 23 | It is assumed that Mr Cojuangco would then become chairman of San Miguel , as he was in the Marcos days . |
| 24 | ‘ I believe your mother died while she was in the camp — I was sorry to hear that , ’ said Ruth . |
| 25 | Yesterday Ian Walker , prosecuting , told Darlington magistrates Mrs Wilson was in the ladies at Club Lucy 's in Darlington when a young woman asked who she was . |
| 26 | ( The very lowest PTR of any English LEA was in the Isles of Scilly , but it had under 300 pupils in total ) ( CIPFA , 1989 ) . |
| 27 | Rosie Kruger was in the Rollercoaster , her favourite bar on West 43rd Street , less than a hundred yards away from the heart of Times Square . |
| 28 | He died in 1942 and it is my lasting regret that after I left Oxford I did not see him again ; I still have the letters he wrote me when I was in the Sudan . |
| 29 | Clearly it was in the Crown 's interests to stress the unity of the country as a means of enhancing its authority . |
| 30 | The aircraft-carrier Centaur was in the Indian Ocean on passage to the Far East . |