Example sentences of "there were [noun pl] in [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want my opinion , it was a man , and I 'm sure there were goings-on in my corridor last night ! ’ |
| 2 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 3 | There were movements in her body that frightened her . |
| 4 | There were elements in its thinking , however , which were akin to the Keynesians ' views . |
| 5 | ‘ They … they said there were drugs in my bag . |
| 6 | ‘ There were pellets in its head and chest . |
| 7 | There was no denying the fact that there were gaps in her memory because of the drugs . |
| 8 | She pressed my hand , and when she replied there were tears in her voice . |
| 9 | ‘ There were tears in your mother 's eyes this morning . |
| 10 | There were flowers in her hair , which made her look quite good . |
| 11 | There were pains in her back , her right arm had gone to sleep , she was stiff , he was n't stiff . |