Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to hundreds of parish libraries in England endowed in this way there were over thirty founded by Dr Bray in America , the largest being in Annapolis . |
| 2 | According to a State Education Commission investigation , various work units across the country had refused 5,500 graduates in 1987 , indicating that there were too many coming from the universities . |
| 3 | There were only 50 left in Java , and that was supposed to be it . |
| 4 | In fact , there were more 286s sold in 1992 than there were in 1991 . |
| 5 | There was remarkably little to do in the hospital if you did n't want to read Agatha Christie or knit half-mile scarves . |
| 6 | Each had its own project to attend to … checking on nesting boxes they had some months earlier put among the trees … on the stream … recording the height of various trees planted the autumn before … and there was also some weeding to be done , as always , among the ranks of young trees . |
| 7 | There was about six to start with . |
| 8 | He slept little — two , three hours at most a night — but just now there was too much to do to even think of sleep . |
| 9 | There was too much riding on one man . |
| 10 | There was too much to explain to her , and nothing he could say . |
| 11 | There was too much to explain at one time . |
| 12 | But then , at its best , NME never recognised the artificial divisions placed between journo and muso by an ego-pampering music business ; besides , there was too much to forgive of a paper that included the impassioned writing of Ian MacDonald , Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent , to name just three from one of several fertile periods . |
| 13 | There was too much to think about , both past and future . |
| 14 | There was still much to play for . |
| 15 | Mum always made a long list of groceries she needed but some days she bought even more things because there was so much to choose from . |
| 16 | At first it had not mattered that the rain prevented him from going outdoors ; there was so much to talk about between himself and Uncle Walter ; they had not seen each other for twelve years . |
| 17 | It was such a lovely day , and there was so much to do on the complex , but Shelley could n't summon the enthusiasm to leave the villa . |
| 18 | There was so much to do with the six pools , giant flumes , waterfalls , fountains and lots more . |
| 19 | The days were getting shorter and colder , and with Christmas approaching there was so much to do in the kitchen Sarah rarely had a spare minute . |
| 20 | There was so much to sniff at and they had already found two rabbits and had aroused a flock of partridges . |
| 21 | No there was only two placed for |
| 22 | Worst of all there was very little interlocking between separate communes , a circumstance which was reflected in these peasants ' lack of political cohesiveness in the Dumas . |
| 23 | She licked her lips nervously and tried to simulate deep interest in the scenery outside , which was difficult , since there was very little to see in the rapidly failing light . |
| 24 | Orange was a typical Provençal town , with streets lined with plane trees and houses with red and green shutters ; the bars and restaurants were empty save for the Legion , and there was very little to do except spend money . |