Example sentences of "[verb] there were " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't doubt there were many others also who had brothers , fathers or sons among the fifty thousand Irishmen slain in the Great War and who had to swallow their grief and mourn in private . |
| 2 | Alexei guessed that where the supports rose there were the foundations of the buildings above ground . |
| 3 | Conyers evidently formed a bridge between the Middleham affinity and its new lord : the first men whom Gloucester retained there were virtually all kinsmen of Sir John . |
| 4 | Conyers evidently formed a bridge between the Middleham affinity and its new lord : the first men whom Gloucester retained there were virtually all kinsmen of Sir John . |
| 5 | Richard Kedie , of Forest Road , had claimed there were no drugs in his house but police later found two quantities of cannabis amounting to 41 grams . |
| 6 | The advocates of reorganisation and nationalisation in the 1930s and 1940s had claimed there were potentially large gains in efficiency in distribution , and , while their forecasts were probably exaggerated , the new Area Boards were able to reap some of these advantages of larger-scale distribution and more centralised management . |
| 7 | It was claimed there were twenty-six . |
| 8 | In interviews , she had claimed there were no diabetic residents at Lancaster House and that she had no access to insulin even though it was kept in an unlocked refrigerator , he said . |
| 9 | The impressions gained by the Waddington experiments suggest there were more habitual television viewers ( 4:3 ) than avid cinema goers ( 16:9 ) . |
| 10 | Mr Brown 's requests suggest there were further hidden subsidies which have yet to be disclosed officially . |
| 11 | The figures were low enough , for other records ( baptisms and deaths ) suggest there were nearly 90 boys of school age in the parish and more than 100 girls . |
| 12 | I do n't know how long it was that things had been going badly for them but I do know there were problems . |
| 13 | It was propagated by otherwise intelligent people like the eminent bishop who greeted a party of refugee children , kitted out in their ill-fitting hand-me-downs , with the cheerful observation : ‘ I did n't know there were any poor Jews. , |
| 14 | The mast I could manage but I did n't know there were different names for the parts of the sail — the head being at the top , the leech at the back and the luff by the mast . |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't know there were Eurhetemecs here . |
| 16 | But we do know there were thirty pupils , which has n't Has that appeared in your equation anywhere ? |
| 17 | ‘ I — I did n't know there were different kinds . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd have found Garry sooner or later , but I still do n't know why my detective did n't know there were two of you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Did you know there were two blokes behind us ? ’ |
| 20 | I did n't even know there were any green flowers |
| 21 | I know , I did n't know there were these . |
| 22 | I did n't know there were a video , I says get your he just tuned it on any channel , I says get your remote control for your telly I says and click |
| 23 | I did n't know there were any politicians on there anyway , politicians . |
| 24 | How were we to know there were gon na be two Hilton Hotels in Leeds ? |
| 25 | Again , the key to assimilation was complete equality of peoples , and opposition to those who pretended there were separate national cultures operating above the two classes in each culture ( as argued by Bauer ) . |
| 26 | Libby knew there were no deer , only rabbits , but George often pretended there were . |
| 27 | John and wife Pam had written off to appear on the programme only to discover there were 10,000 applicants . |
| 28 | Nervously smoothing her skirt and praying there were no stains she had missed , she went along the hall and into the living room . |
| 29 | The Post Office , who handle his mail , say there were 600,000 letters for the plump , red-cheeked old fellow . |
| 30 | They say there were blank sheets bearing Dali 's signature alongside 20,000 fake Miros and 650 fake Chagalls . |