Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [ex0] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh ye were there obviously cooking facilities on the boat were there ? |
| 2 | The result was there was very little money left ‘ in the kitty ’ to meet the bill but even so the payment was just two weeks late . |
| 3 | At that time , I enquired about the reaction at Rhyl and Denbigh , and his reply was there was no strong argument put forward against the transfer . |
| 4 | on that er particular er interview was there ? |
| 5 | Meanwhile , never for a second was there any lifting in the murderous artillery blanket laid down by the cannon of the opposing sides , now nearly 4,000 strong . |
| 6 | And I think there was a bit of dancing was there ? |
| 7 | They were prepared to compromise because they I 'm sure that you know you ca n't imagine them not being really but because they 're such erm they were outraged at this machine but they were prepared to give it a try but the way it was bulldozed through that once the machine was there there was no choice then and almost you know get going boys get more and more and more slate you know greed they felt the employer was being greedy at the expense of quality . |
| 8 | However , at no point was there any discernable discipline relating to either theatre or common sense . |
| 9 | ‘ At no point was there any attempt to graft on an image purely to improve our standing . |
| 10 | At no time in the intervening period was there any possibility of the Labour Party replacing the National , predominantly Conservative , government . |
| 11 | No , no , no , no , wait , what other meat was there ? |
| 12 | There 's no hot water was there ? |
| 13 | A contributory factor was there were so many bruises that they caused circulation problems . |
| 14 | Whatever eagle was there was hidden inside the rough concrete shelter that provided the only escape in the Victorian metal cages from prying eyes . |
| 15 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 16 | Passing sentence Lord Justice MacDermott accepted Hall was remorseful , but throwing the stone at an area were there were people was a ‘ reckless act ’ which deserved to be punished . |
| 17 | So a big argument was there ? |
| 18 | Was there a big argument was there ? |
| 19 | Well mo , not much on the news was there ? |
| 20 | it 's just that all I heard all morning was there 's so many delays there with all the water , surface water erm so I thought well let's try and avoid that . |
| 21 | ' The trouble was there was no chance of that . |
| 22 | How could he explain that only by emptying himself into a woman was there any relief ? |
| 23 | And I said to him , ‘ But how did you know an antelope was there ? ’ |
| 24 | Were n't a lot of choice was there ? |
| 25 | What other life was there ? |
| 26 | How did they come into existence on Earth , before life was there ? |
| 27 | I 've , I 've never ever known him to iron anything ever since I 've been you know , little , I 've never seen him iron anything but me mum was in fits because he 'd even ironed the socks so she said she did n't have the heart to tell him that she does n't usually bother with the ruddy socks , but er the thought was there was n't it ? |
| 28 | When you were a councillor was there anything so , erm that you did definite to help the old people ? |
| 29 | Nowhere in her physical being was there any last trace of beauty . |
| 30 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |