Example sentences of "[adv] [ex0] was [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wondered which had come first , the chill and disenchantment of her worldly sophistication , or the lack of warmth in her son : and perhaps there was ice in both of them , and the one had reinforced the other . |
| 2 | Perhaps there was hope , perhaps all was not harsh antipathy , perhaps a better daughter might have found a way to soften such a mother . |
| 3 | But maybe cos there was no opportunity , they did n't see there to be I mean like they did n't know any better but as soon as , I mean things are rapidly changing they 're given the opportunity to erm I mean through the struggles to actually take charge of the conditions and to gain so some material and perhaps there was beginnings of them seeing that well perhaps we ought to look more to this sub-culture and to erm |
| 4 | Perhaps there was trouble with the gaming table ? |
| 5 | The police presence seemed , if anything , to be even more oppressive than yesterday ( the Tory Party had become acutely aware just how much its security was costing the poll-tax payer ) ; perhaps there was trouble brewing . |
| 6 | Suddenly there was work for everybody and the deaf community took full advantage of this change of climate , as reported in the 1944 annual report : The effect of the war on industry has given the deaf and dumb opportunities such as they had never enjoyed for many years and it is with great pleasure that the committee places on record the excellent work the deaf Have done . |
| 7 | Suddenly there was noise . |
| 8 | Suddenly there was competition for capital , and interest rates rose . |
| 9 | Suddenly there was Anna doing a hundred things a day : the house wide open , parties and picnics and streams of presents . |
| 10 | Suddenly there was movement in the hallway ; whispering voices and soft footsteps . |
| 11 | Suddenly there was anger in his voice . |
| 12 | And suddenly there was action — the van roared into reverse , rushing away from them , its headlights on full beam . |
| 13 | Suddenly there was silence . |
| 14 | Suddenly there was silence |
| 15 | Before she could scream a damp rag had been clamped over her mouth , and suddenly there was pain behind her eyes and all was darkness . |
| 16 | Suddenly there was fear in his eyes . |
| 17 | By 8.00am there was 16ft of water in the hold which the pumps could not reduce . |
| 18 | Apparently there was talk of a party from the parish going to Rome after Easter . |
| 19 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 20 | The low servants , men and women , have Laws , which at their own request , were drawn up , by Mrs. Curzon , for the observance of the minutest of their respective duties ; with little mulcts , that at first only there was occasion to exact . |
| 21 | Obviously there was money in rags . |
| 22 | So there was evidence that the beggars had been on the bank that morning . |
| 23 | So there was intermarriage with natives , something also implied by Pindar ( Pythian ix ) , who describes how Telesikrates ' ancestors competed for the daughter of Antaios the Libyan giant ( and cp . |
| 24 | So there was way they were going to let the standard bearer go on his own and face all these fierce fighters . |
| 25 | Because of their size they were unable fully to support a family and so there was need for off-farm employment . |
| 26 | So there was singer with a funny shirt on . |
| 27 | The converse situation applied in the generative transmission condition : the two blocks moved simultaneously ( so there was no information about temporal priority ) but the children could see the string connecting the two blocks ( so there was information about how the cause generated the effect ) . |
| 28 | so there was silence until we got to the tube station and he said , how long have you been going out with this man ? |
| 29 | And finally there was laughter when he spoke about economic prospects and job creation . |
| 30 | Finally there was Dr Lucy Pirnia . |