Example sentences of "there [be] an [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " And there 's an entrance to his set . " |
| 2 | We 're all horrified by one another , we humans , and there 's an end to it , but I shall be a good boy and sit quietly stroking Hosanna who is , when all 's said and done , my only true friend . ’ |
| 3 | If you bought straight from him we would n't be paying money to the galleries , but I can see you 're frightened to go , I said , so there 's an end to it . |
| 4 | It does not amount to an argument that staff should be conducting research as such ; merely that if they are engaged in it , there is an advantage to it being undertaken with an eye to their teaching commitments . |
| 5 | But ca n't you see that there is an obverse to everything ? |
| 6 | There was an edge to her tone which did not escape her observant husband . |
| 7 | The girl was still smiling , but there was an edge to her voice . |
| 8 | There was an edge to her voice that bordered on hysteria , and his eyes narrowed . |
| 9 | There was an edge to his voice , of defiance , almost . |
| 10 | The tone had changed , there was an edge to his voice . |
| 11 | There was an edge to his comment that left her in no doubt that everything she said only confirmed the opinion he already had of her . |
| 12 | His voice was quiet , controlled , but there was an edge to it . |
| 13 | His voice was calm , but still there was an edge to it . |
| 14 | They awoke in each other 's arms as usual , but when Damian made love to her there was an edge to it , an urgency that frazzled her , made her pleasure sharply intense , pain mingling with her cries as he took her with him into the dark , hot void they shared . |
| 15 | But with the foolishness of youth , she convinced herself that somehow , somewhere , there was an answer to their problem . |
| 16 | ‘ But I wish there was an end to it ! ’ he murmured to himself . |