Example sentences of "there [was/were] [not/n't] [adv] many [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In case any Brother knitter is interested , I chose pattern 194 from ‘ Stitchworld ’ , partly because the pattern ran from North to South and partly because there were not too many strokes with the lace carriage before the two with the knitting carriage . |
| 2 | First of all I recall that there were not too many varsity entrants in the Air Force , probably only one on each station at the time , and Leonard Cheshire was our first university entrant and viewed with considerable suspicion and a certain amount of distaste . |
| 3 | Thus , there were not too many qualms about transferring the Company 's North Sea interests to Enterprise Oil at the beginning of 1987 . |
| 4 | There were not so many lights and Endill kept a close eye on the Headmaster in case he became lost in the darkness . |
| 5 | There were not so many men about now . |
| 6 | Animals could lead more comfortable lives if there were not so many competitors , each seeking more space to live in , more food , and ( if they are males ) more mates . |
| 7 | Once clear of Houston there were n't even many billboards , apart from those offering acreages for sale — some as ‘ farmettes ’ , others as ‘ ranchettes ’ . |
| 8 | And there were n't so many bags carried in those days as there were in later years , you know , the sort of er haversack thing . |
| 9 | Emergency crews and supplies were flooding into Petrolia but there were n't too many customers . |
| 10 | She was under the shower , however , when she thought that , fingers crossed , perhaps there were n't too many garages in , say , a ten-mile radius of Františkovy Láznë . |
| 11 | And there were n't too many deer , so the poor beasts did n't starve through mismanagement and maladministration ! |
| 12 | joined us just as we were ready to go overseas , he had just come out of er Flight School and of course his heart was set on being a fighter pilot and here he became a co-pilot so he was a very disappointed man and he did not stand up well in combat so there were n't too many missions , about five and I bounced him off the crew and would n't fly with him any more and got then other co-pilots to fly with me from our Squadron . |
| 13 | There were n't too many Leeds fans around either . |
| 14 | I mean there were n't very many teachers anyway were there ? |
| 15 | I grew up with gangs , we 've had gangs in South Central LA since the beginning , but there was not as many people killing each other . ’ |
| 16 | What happened in the Wintertime to the shops then when there was n't so many folk here ? |
| 17 | Er minding motors outside the Arms and the Bridge Hotel every night , maybe only get sixpence or sevenpence cos there was n't that many cars about at the time . |
| 18 | Yeah I was alright but I was very shaking and , and everything and I managed to get the car down and and there was n't that many cars |