Example sentences of "and there were the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And there were the Twelve Companions of Odysseus and the Twelve faithful Apostles , ’ said Snizort . |
| 2 | The sun was low in the sky now , shimmering the mud flats in a golden glow — and there were the graceful avocets , sweeping long curved bills from side to side through the fine silt , scooping up their favourite opossum shrimps and rag worms : a marvellous sight . |
| 3 | Most of the British leadership still wished to retain the upper hand wherever possible , and there were the usual doubts as to American consistency of purpose . |
| 4 | Life by that time had appeared on land above sea level , and there were the first plants and terrestrial invertebrates . |
| 5 | Now that was the time when first daylight on Bristol , and we heard the bombers go up , and I went home out on the tram car , and there were the young ones just screaming down into the city , I said , ’ good grief , those bombers have hit something ’ , and it was Filton Aeroplane , people had direct hits on shelters you see . |
| 6 | There were the few of us who cared , and there were the silly ones , the snobbish ones , the would-be debutantes and the daddy 's darlings and the horsophiles and the sex-cats . |
| 7 | Towards Hammersmith was the river and its pubs , full of hollering middle-class voices ; and there were the secluded gardens which fringed the river along Lower Mall and the shaded stroll along the towpath to Barnes . |
| 8 | ‘ this was our first match and there were the inevitable nerves . |