Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [conj] there was [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It was then that the frozen fighters noticed that there was something else in the pile of wood .
2 Fans wondered whether there was anything sinister about the four tracks on the band 's first record of 1988 .
3 Shadows appeared where there was nothing to cause them .
4 Both my friends felt that there was something ‘ queer ’ about the place and we left quickly .
5 Under Rachel 's serene autocracy the firemen agreed that there was nothing much to be done now , that the house seemed safe enough but they should not use the attic until someone ‘ from the department ’ had been and inspected it the next day .
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