Example sentences of "[conj] there were [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 It was more a trickle than a flood , for peaceful homesteads could be successfully built only where there was relative security , and where there were known to be agriculturally suitable regions .
2 Henry II would need to have been an unusually stupid man not to realize that there were bound to be difficult moments in the relationship between him and his heir .
3 Benny realised that there were going to be a great many areas where she would be at a loss .
4 My next thought was that there were going to be a lot of other pissed-off people .
5 And T X R X , B B C Radio Nottingham , to the effect that there were going to be these regular advice sessions at , which is the ac the tenants ' action group office .
6 We 're also gon na look at where they live , remember what they 're income is etcetera and the important thing is because of these increases here and because of the recession in general , it dictated to us that there were gon na be more one and two person households .
7 After all , put any man and woman alone together and there were bound to be misapprehensions .
8 But there were said to be no signs of a break-in .
9 She was n't sure whether there were any artists or writers in town at the moment , but there were bound to be one or two back in the city after the Christmas recess .
10 That was all very well but there were going to be a lot of things to pay .
11 All would be well , she said , because there were going to be so many doctors around .
12 We did n't know whether there were going to be any children .
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