Example sentences of "[was/were] there [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So the other girls were there and we were meaning to talk and erm when we went to cash up everybody was interfering and bother , I do n't know , got |
2 | Do you know when I went out to the maths thing I was waiting for , I was there and I was heard about these forgotten a calculator ! |
3 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
4 | I know , it was there and it was stay until my mother , does n't do it within the week or something she throws everything out . |
5 | The point is , however , that it was there and it was growing ; and no ruler in the uncertain world of the 1530s could afford to ignore even limited evidence of its existence within his country . |
6 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
7 | Just like girls were there , I was there and it was making love , that 's all I saw it as . |