Example sentences of "there were [adj] [noun] to [pron] " in BNC.

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1 She knew that there were murky corners to his business affairs , that for a suave good-looking man , he had one or two unfortunate characteristics , like a ferocious temper .
2 But there were personal calls to me , it was n't all done secondhand .
3 Employers were in no position to refuse this and there were certain advantages to them in not having disputes with their contractors over minor issues .
4 A vivid example of this occurred in the Hadmor case [ 1983 ] 1 A.C. 191 where Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal relied on his own researches into Hansard in reaching his conclusions : in the House of Lords , counsel protested that there were other passages to which he would have wished to draw the court 's attention had he known that Lord Denning was looking at Hansard : see the Hadmor case at p. 233 .
5 There were anonymous letters to my parents , postmarked Chippenham , Corsham , Bath and London , telling them to watch out and do something about their son or there would be trouble for them .
6 There were some letters to his mother , widowed and living in Bury — some phrases from which had been plundered for the article in the Sunday Chronicle .
7 It had also become clear that there were strict limits to its expansion in a capitalist state due to the reluctance of ratepayers to finance further municipal activities .
8 Wherever she turned , there were few answers to her frustration .
9 There were few people to whom problems could be referred but you had to make things work .
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