Example sentences of "there [verb] [be] [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One form about which there has been plenty of discussion is the Supplementary Statistical Document , known as the intrastat . |
2 | There has been plenty of advice on what to stock and , as he is still learning about what Sutton Coldfield customers may want , he has been happy to listen . |
3 | ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Cameron , ‘ there has been plenty of thinking . |
4 | We can then consider the implications of this analysis for one of the general views identified in the introduction — that there has been nothing but conflict between science and religion . |
5 | In these three months there has been nothing but support for this scheme , some of it qualified , but nevertheless support , that it should go ahead . |
6 | I I there is no evidence that it 's an inherited or venereal problem and this is the , you know you we have there has been lots of sort of studies done to see which woman might be more at risk and which women , you know , might have symptoms and th , the fact is that the reason why you , why the menopause occurs is because the ovaries stop functioning , they stop producing oestrogen and every woman 's ovaries does this and they do it you know , at all varying ages the average age is fifty . |
7 | As I said , there 'd been plenty of women in Uncle Paul 's life . |
8 | There 've been plenty of people like that , all down history , and plenty of them psychologists , who 've had lunatic and silly ideas that everyone 's forgotten about . |
9 | Clearly Vincent was out of his mind , There had been plenty of signs : eccentric dress , abnormal behaviour , violent outbursts , irrational hostility . |
10 | There had been plenty of leg-pulling already about his return to the camp the previous evening slightly the worse for wear from the ternum . |
11 | Ahead of us I could hear the noise of the waterfall — there had been plenty of rain and when we arrived at the foss , the beck that eventually joins the Ure to travel down Wensleydale was hammering over the lip of the force . |
12 | Here we go again , said everyone , and they were right ; on the first two days there had been plenty of cloud to help the bowlers , but on the Saturday the sun shone and West Indies made the most of it . |
13 | There had been plenty of evolutionists in the first half of the century , but the biologists among them had handled the subject with caution and some personal fear . |
14 | There had been something about Harold Macmillan being a war criminal . |
15 | And he knew there had been something in connection with his wife he was going to think about that picture . |
16 | She thanked the Lord there had been none since Lily . |
17 | Yet there is no complete autonomy for the Spirit , just as there had been none for Jesus . |
18 | There had been lots of problems , and they were rushed off their feet . |
19 | There had been lots of books in the Store that were like that . |
20 | It was a loud laugh which Sandison would have found embarrassing if there had been lots of people in the bar . |
21 | Of course , there have been plenty of Lions ' tours which brought no such dividend , 1951 being a case in point . |
22 | Much of this has been done by alcohol advertisers , such as Bacardi and Gordons Gin , but there have been plenty of others . |
23 | There have been plenty of City frauds and scandals involving Conservative supporters . |
24 | True , there have been plenty of conductors more recently who have used new or revised editions . |
25 | The marker has stayed back ever since and there have been plenty of reminders of his erstwhile self ; enough , one trusts , to restore him to selectorial favour come tour time . |
26 | Rulers who let their hearts rule their heads tended to court disaster , be they male or female ; and there have been plenty of examples of both . |
27 | There have been lots of changes . |
28 | There have been lots of others , of course , and I remember a lovely beast called Daisy who would have been grand . |
29 | ‘ There have been lots of promises and pats on the back but little else . |
30 | A spokesman for the AA Roadwatch unit said : ‘ There have been lots of shunts with people going too fast and being unable to handle their car . |