Example sentences of "[coord] [ex0] was [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Techno Tracies and crop-headed sheep on drugs were tainting the atmosphere at raves , and there was beginning to be something familiar in the frenzy of old favourites such as Kaos and Ark . |
| 2 | The Department of Defense refused further co-operation , the risk of a hostile audience reception being felt to be too great , and there was perceived to be an indifference to the war created by television news saturation . |
| 3 | It was worth a looksee anyway and there was bound to be somebody around to ask ; a poacher or an itinerant hop-picker or whatever sort of person wandered the countryside these days . |
| 4 | He really was in something of a hurry and there was going to be nothing gained by engaging in either argument of fisticuffs with a cab driver . |
| 5 | You 're never sure his car would stop , Grant and there was going to be somebody behind daddy coming up Alexander Street very , very fast and then jumped into daddy 's back ! |
| 6 | This meant that his grandad was temporarily unavailable for a ‘ tap ’ , but there was bound to be someone in the cafe who would stand him a coffee . |
| 7 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
| 8 | No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report . |