Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words were there inside Jezrael , programmed by the cold machines of the night before . |
| 2 | The words were there , waiting to spill out . |
| 3 | As it turned out , the Machins were there in force , solemn in the church , gloomy by the graveside . |
| 4 | Then the guards were there , and people directing the traffic properly , and the little procession moved towards the hospital . |
| 5 | , can I , can I just say , thank you Chairman , but could I just say on two three , I think that one of things that built the partnership was actually the launch of Ludlow , and that all those organizations were there , and helped part of the process , and I think one of the things we need to think about , Chairman , is now we 've got that B status , even though we 're arguing at the fringes , we 've actually got it , is perhaps doing another event like Ludlow , to involve all the organizations that , that , that will be participating in the programme , to give them a , so that they feel a , a common ownership of the programme , they can put forward the projects they want , they feel they are part of the process . |
| 6 | There were no lights on , but the bike and car were there , parked in an open-sided barn , and the door to the house was hanging open . |
| 7 | But the cracks and contradictions were there , all too evident to men like Andrei Amalrik , the historian and playwright who spent years in prison and Siberian exile . |
| 8 | I mean there 's usually two car loads used to go across when my kids were there . |
| 9 | Well they th th the kids were there but |
| 10 | this afternoon when Eleanor were there . |
| 11 | ‘ The waves were there . |
| 12 | Because you know both parties were there to make sure that er there was going to be a mutual agreement or it may in some instances be referred back to domestic level for resolution , or alternately , the employers just said , no and that , that was the end of it at that stage . |
| 13 | The section shaikhs and Ibrahim al-Sanusi were there because they had to guarantee to the Zliten people that all Zuwaya would accept the peace they had arranged . |
| 14 | It was like flipping the channel tunnel on the landing when me and Andy were there . |
| 15 | And then Mary said she felt as if Hilbert were there with them as they rifled through chests and drawers and cupboards , she could feel his presence standing behind them , looking over her shoulder . |
| 16 | and the RAF lads were there and |
| 17 | William and Mary Ann were there in all their glory , as we might expect : he with a spotted waistcoat and flamboyant flowery buttonhole , she with an expanse of fur on her head and around her shoulders . |
| 18 | Obviously it was an inside job , cos nobody else knew the presents were there . |
| 19 | The eyes were there , glaring down at me from behind high defensive cheekbones , as if through the slits of a visor . |
| 20 | by no means were all chairmen tyrants , but the opportunities were there and had made possible the emergence of uncontrollable ‘ powerhouse ’ figures such as Judge Howard Smith of Virginia , the chairman of the House Rules Committee , and Wilbur Mills of Arkansas , the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee . |
| 21 | Not that Airdrie 's football is the sort that would pack out stadia on a regular basis — the bulk of the near-40,000 who went along to Ibrox on Saturday were there to see ritual slaughter — but in the context of this confrontation with the glitzy Rangers , the Broomfield side 's special brand of grim resistance was undeniably compelling . |
| 22 | Then when they 'd finished eating they picked up their guns and the animals were there , ready and waiting . |
| 23 | The three environments were there all the time , just oscillating backwards and forwards a little in relation to uplift inland . |
| 24 | And he wanted to know why the books were there and . |
| 25 | ‘ Save the world ? ’ said Taliesin , and all of the old careless mockery was there . |
| 26 | The bacteria were behaving as if they ‘ knew ’ the glucose was there and were responding adaptively . |
| 27 | But Bert was there part of the time . " |
| 28 | Most people were aware that Gharr was there , but the news seemed to be mainly of interest to human females . |
| 29 | If Gharr was there for any reason to do with me , I 'd have to wait and find out . |
| 30 | If I could not reassure her by telling her Neil was there , and watching , it was possible , more , probable , that she would insist either on my moving into a lodging in the village , or that some of the men from the village would keep watch on Otters ' Bay and the empty house . |