Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there was [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was sceptical as to the Brighton affair , I could not help seeing that there was rather a look about Mr Wilson sometimes ; for instance when , as occasionally happened , his wife 's leg was too bad for her to go shopping and he went alone . |
| 2 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
| 3 | In AD 685 St Cuthbert perambulated ‘ illis murum civitatis ’ and also saw a fountain working , implying that there was still a functioning aqueduct ; whether he was looking at the walls of a genuine town or of a fort is arguable . |
| 4 | Some were eating and there was always the chance when this happened that they might put something into the Cages for the eagles . |
| 5 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 6 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 7 | He turned to the wall where it should have been hanging but there was only an empty bracket . |
| 8 | I 'm not saying that there was n't an expectation that there would be a gradual move in there , and ultimately we would suffer and we would lose that level of grant . |
| 9 | Here he bade me stay , saying that there was only the laboratory overhead , and that he did not wish me to enter there . |
| 10 | Not only did the king have a spare hour for what turned out to be an excellent interview in the palace gardens , but on learning that there was now no plane to take us home until Monday , laid on two helicopters to take us all on a Sunday outing to Petra ( the ‘ rose red city half as old as time ’ ) , then on to Aqaba on the Red Sea for lunch and a swim , and home across the desert and the black tents of the Bedouins in the evening . |
| 11 | She added that the number of people who opted for cremation was increasing although there was still a section of society to whom cremation was unthinkable . |
| 12 | Just in ease you were thinking that there was nevertheless a basic difference between you and that bacterium ( not to mention the cat ) , there are two types of important complicated molecules shared by all of our planet 's lifeforms : nucleic acids and proteins . |
| 13 | Declaring that there was still a chance of reaching agreement to end the power struggle that is paralysing the country , Mr Khasbulatov said : ‘ Impeachment is the most extreme measure . |