Example sentences of "and [was/were] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Govind said the finance minister had announced that 100% equity would be allowed on some developments if they utilised advanced technology and were in the country 's interest . |
| 2 | In Paris , where she and her husband performed for refugees , the theatre was so crowded that there was no room for many parties of children who had lost their parents and were in the care of relief organisations . |
| 3 | ‘ The men involved in the rescue were in the most danger and were in the worst condition , because of heat and fatigue , when it was all over . |
| 4 | Great was the smiting and slaying in short time ; but by reason that the Moors were so great a number , they bore hard upon the Christians , and were in the hour of overcoming them . |
| 5 | They had now almost finished Exodus and were in the middle of The Wind in the Willows . |
| 6 | The cabinets are closely related to a pair in the Getty Museum and were in the collection of Baron Alphonse de Rothschild at the Schloss Schilldersdorf , Silesia , earlier this century . |
| 7 | A group of revolutionary officers had been drinking and were in the room with her , some in a state of undress . |
| 8 | ‘ I invited you because your mother told me that you 'd realised there were more things in life than work — at long last , ’ Simon said pithily , ‘ and were in the market for some socialising . ’ |
| 9 | She opened them and was in the light . |
| 10 | Arthur Benson recovered from several years of mental breakdown about two years previously and was in the evening summer of his life . |
| 11 | He 'd been making some records but they were n't successful and for the first few weeks after I 'd met him and decided to work with him , I was listening to songs that he 'd written , and was in the process of writing , and came to the conclusion that he was not essentially a singles artist . |
| 12 | Buddie had taken out his little silver tin and was in the process of rolling one of those thin straggly cigarettes that flared when lit and vanished after only a few puffs . |
| 13 | He played for Shropshire and Herefordshire boys and was in the same team as Sandy Lyle ; many years later they met in the final of the 1987 Suntory World Matchplay Championship and Woosnam became the first British winner . |
| 14 | Her mother had stopped crocheting , so Jessie said , and was in the sitting-room going through a catalogue of curtain material for yet another change at the windows and had decided firmly against anything resembling Nottingham Lace ; her mind was now set on drapes with pelmets , so Jessie had whispered to her in the back shop a short while ago . |
| 15 | But I was picked for the bench against England and was in the clubhouse on the Saturday night before when someone said : ‘ Have you heard the news on the radio ? |
| 16 | Tell Jennifer the number was written in 1926 and was in the original film of A Star is Born starring Judy Garland . |
| 17 | Traditionally in Italy the official bargaining structure lay outside the factory and was in the hands of the industry-wide union . |
| 18 | But the wine in her system made her incautious ; she fumbled with the chain , and was in the act of opening the door when doubt entered her head . |
| 19 | Andy has six full England caps and was in the England team that competed in the recent European Championship . |
| 20 | In that case , the Bundesgerichtshof referred , at p. 5569 , two questions to the Court of Justice , the first of which is relevant to article 6(1) below , and the second of which is presently relevant and was in the following terms : |
| 21 | She took a cab and was in the City just after ten . |
| 22 | Early on Tuesday morning , Ruth took a train and was in the Gentlemen 's Outfitting department at Gamages soon after the store opened . |
| 23 | Before going to the box I therefore paid a short visit to the Tote and was in the process of staking the Sassoon mount when Wigg appeared on the horizon . |
| 24 | She had been out of prison for two months and was in the process of re-establishing herself in the outside world . |
| 25 | At the hospital I got changed and was in the admittance room and I heard my dad outside saying , " Do you want me to sign for anything ? " |
| 26 | The causeway commanded a view of all this region of the moor , but once he had jumped down and was in the shallow bowl of Goughdale , he could see nothing except the remains of surface workings and the louring slopes of Big Allen . |
| 27 | Or she could say that Derek had always had charming manners and was in the habit of commending ladies on their scent , even if it smelled of Alexandrian sewers , and sound as though she had lost something worth keeping — and inevitably regretful . |
| 28 | He lived over in Westmorland and was in the milk business , and then he met and married a Baldersdale girl , Anne Coldfield from Dill House , and they came to live here . |
| 29 | It happened that I was called back to the farm on the following Thursday to " cleanse " a cow and was in the byre when Dodson the drover called to pick up Blossom . |
| 30 | He was nominated in January 1649 to the high court of justice for the trial of Charles I ; he did not attend the early stages of the court , but in the trial week he attended busily , and was in the group of commissioners who stood up to pass the sentence of death on Saturday 27 January . |