Example sentences of "have [verb] [pron] were [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she ever believed that of him , she would weaken , give in to the powerful attraction , and then she would have to admit there were emotions behind that attraction , emotions that would lead her into heartbreak . |
| 2 | She had realised there were seeds in the toast , later identified as poison . |
| 3 | Where Bigwig had stopped there were signs of commotion . |
| 4 | For much of the time she was delirious , but there were lucid intervals , during which she was slightly comforted to understand that the nightmares that had tormented her were products of the disease and not of reality . |
| 5 | The Thing had said there were ways of growing plants under lights the same colour as the sun , in pots full of a sort of weak soup that helped plants grow . |
| 6 | Their voices , a blend of proud and plebeian , would , when taken with the early autumnal chill , have suggested they were Tories in Brighton for their Party 's annual conference . |