Example sentences of "and there [was/were] [indef pn] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peculiarity of the electoral system was shown again , for the Conservatives had kept the majority of votes-8.66 million against the Labour 8.36 ; and there was something to be said for the view that a drift of mainly middle-class population southward , and the absence of an up-to-date register of the already enfranchised voters , had benefited Labour in the tally of actual seats . |
| 2 | ‘ Normally , I would shoot through anything — but that day it rained and rained and there was nothing to be done about it , ’ Gerald says . |
| 3 | And there was nothing to be scared of in that ! |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the doctors were inexorable , and there was nothing to be done but accept the verdict . |
| 5 | Impossible to judge whether she knew or did not know whatever it was that Francis had been told , and there was nothing to be gained by turning the screw too hard . |