Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] there be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 2 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 3 | After I got there was this lorry chasing me , and I was always running |
| 4 | I I feel a bit sorry for for some of the counters because they can see certain on one palette for instance , I found there were three sorts of bags . |
| 5 | Before leaving the kitchen I noticed there were dirty coffee cups and plates piled in the sink . |
| 6 | I noticed there were black whiskers sprouting all over her face . |
| 7 | ‘ I heard there were great crowds about . |
| 8 | I felt there was public benefit from offering this type of information by radio and I have asked Media Action to let us have the enquirers ' addresses so that we can get a geographical appreciation of where the calls came from ( one or two came from Fife ) |
| 9 | Street star Julie Goodyear , who plays barmaid Bet Gilroy , said : ‘ I knew there was good lead in their pencils . ’ |
| 10 | Er of course one went , started work , very nervous , and er thought that everybody was sort of putting a tape measure and er Oh to tell you the t truth I I did n't know Well I knew there was one apprentice been there about twelve months or nearly twelve months . |
| 11 | Because I knew there was 1000 metres — or thought there was — I flew a normal approach rather than a dedicated short field landing . |
| 12 | Next thing I knew there was old Boris sitting opposite me at my desk showing me a range of snaps that might , even now , command some good prices in the appropriate journals . |
| 13 | I knew there was another Peru . |
| 14 | I knew there were other bags of cubes in the kitchen refrigerator , so , feeling that I had been walking the train for a lifetime , I went along through the dining room to fetch some . |
| 15 | ‘ But I knew there were great opportunities at Ipswich and they are my sort of club — a family club . ’ |
| 16 | For I knew there were English-speaking visitors in Geneva if I could only establish communication with them ; they might be induced to take up my cause . |
| 17 | Well I gathered there was some problem . |
| 18 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 19 | He wrote to Sheldon , ‘ My folly and forwardness hath wrought my trouble ; but yet there was zeal in it , and I thought there was much reason , and I am sure I intended piously , and there are very many that still do think so . ’ |
| 20 | Somehow we managed , and the director asked if I thought there was any chance of the weather worsening so that the boat would heel a little more . |
| 21 | ‘ I might have mercy , ’ said Owen , ‘ if I thought there was any point in it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It really was quite circumstantial , so I thought there was some chance . |
| 23 | Understanding men and women and relationships as I do , I thought there was more chance of it not working out and the rest is what one might call one 's intuition . |
| 24 | I thought there was more people on that side of the room . |
| 25 | No I thought there was another bib in here , I 'll have to go and get you one out of the kitchen mate oh yes we have , yes we have |
| 26 | I thought there were two answers to that , madam , through the Chair , er , the first is that we do n't actually spend any money directly ourselves , as a County Council in America , we contribute towards the Regional Development Organization , the W M D A , and our contribution is about twenty thousands pounds per year . |
| 27 | Well last time we , last time he came with us , I said there 's one thing I just want to ask you a favour , that 's enough , she 's as happy as harry now she 's faced up to the fact , that er , he was not good because he did n't love her any way , she loved him . |
| 28 | And I said well no I said there 's some water I said . |
| 29 | He said no and I said there 's some chocolate brazils there look |
| 30 | Earlier I said there were two types of data files ; the other is the type which you create using a computer program . |