Example sentences of "[vb past] [that] [conj] there was [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was weathering the winter and believed that if there was anything in my lung , then at the very worst I was holding it at bay . |
| 2 | Anna went down the road to post her letter , for she had written a letter to accompany the cheque , in which she reiterated her sorrow about the death of the cat and added that if there was anything she could do , Miss Jakob had only to let her know . |
| 3 | They decided that as there was nothing shown on the sheet , there was nothing there and if there was , it should have been shown . |
| 4 | I told him about Hirondelle and how Deacon Billingsley had lied about the yacht 's fate , and I confessed that though there was nothing I could do about a corrupt policeman , nor about what I strongly suspected had been the murder of a yacht 's crew , I was still curious about the island . |
| 5 | I knew that if there was anyone else at all in the building , they 'd be alerted to it . |