Example sentences of "[coord] there [was/were] [verb] to be " in BNC.
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1 | After all , put any man and woman alone together and there were bound to be misapprehensions . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 ! |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
9 | No breach of confidence was alleged but there was said to be a contract not to publish before the report . |
10 | But there were said to be no signs of a break-in . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | That was all very well but there were going to be a lot of things to pay . |