Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there was [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , little love , ’ he breathed , and while from his adoring tone she knew herself forgiven , ‘ I — do n't know quite how to tell you this — ’ He paused , but , clearly deciding that there was only one way , he proceeded to completely stagger her when , ‘ It is a fact , my dear , that I did not , and never have , promised an interview to your sister , or to anyone else representing Verity magazine . ’ |
| 2 | So we , we th that , that was er another good thing they , they got going but there was very little for , for nurses to do . |
| 3 | You were right in saying that there was very bad press given to hormone replacement therapy in in the early days when they used very high doses of of er un er , of normal oestrogens and this caused an increase in the amount of end of uterus , uterine cancer and this I think has generally er mo mo mo ruined the course for for the older doctors because they still think that it 's associated with an increase in cancer and they have n't got up to date to realise that the more modern preparations are not causing this and that 's where I think th the problems li lie . |
| 4 | There was evidently a lot of preliminary discussion about the scheme among staff in schools , with only 5 per cent saying that there was only little . |
| 5 | The industry was no longer floundering and there was far less chance of an idiosyncratic , sensational , or outspoken film . |
| 6 | Hertfordshire planning authority suggested that the company direct its attentions elsewhere , possibly Bedfordshire or Milton Keynes , arguing that there was almost full employment in the county and the council was under extreme pressure from environmental groups not to permit any further industrial or commercial development . |
| 7 | However , I could n't help thinking that there was n't enough attention paid to the more natural types , the emphasis being instead on sharp or heavily mid-biased sounds . |
| 8 | I had to stop watching because there was too much emotion . |