the sink was in mold vs the sink in mold

Some examples from the web:

• The sink was on to clean up Anton.
• But I was trying to write, and the drip under the sink was driving me crazy, so I had to get a wrench out of the junk drawer, which is organized.
• A sink was left on upstairs.
• A sink was ripped off the wall.
• Found three different cleansers under the sink.
• Some young offenders blocked the sinks upstairs.
• And there were three toothbrushes around the sink.
• The last load was covered in mold!
• Yes, and - and that sweater set is just covered in mold.
• Well, anything that's not covered in mold would seem clean to you.
• I think it would be, maybe, nice for the sink for you to ask the sink what the sink wants.
• The director there said there were several women casting and producing my designs now in molds, and this was sold also to America.
• Under the sink, yellow Tupper Ware bowl.
• My roommate tried to dump ramen down the sink.
• My brother came over to fix the sink for me.
• Saw some stubble in the sink.
• Nothing on the stalls or the sink.
• There's a jar of aloe vera under the sink.
• In the women's bathroom, above the sink.
• I put the drill under the sink.

Some examples from the web:

• He grabbed a towel and went to the sink in the garden.
• We let him use the sink in the afternoon.
• Check under the sink in the kitchen.
• And if you girls drink anything, there's recycling under the sink in the kitchen.
• They're under the sink in a bag at the back.
• What is the story on the sinks in airport bathrooms
• Did you see the sink in the master bathroom?
• Did he fix the sink in the guest bedroom?
• Did you see the sink in the master bathroom?
• They're on the sink in the bathroom.
• For the taps of the sinks in the dressing rooms.
• The sink in the coffee bar is a little stopped up. It's draining, but it's running slowly.
• We'll drop in the sink in the morning.
• But then reality began to sink in.
• Experience like takes awhile to sink in.
• Found three different cleansers under the sink.
• Some young offenders blocked the sinks upstairs.
• And there were three toothbrushes around the sink.
• The last load was covered in mold!
• Yes, and - and that sweater set is just covered in mold.