Example sentences of "were there " in BNC.
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| 1 | She makes me discover things in myself I did n't know were there . |
| 2 | ‘ How many pairs of boots were there this morning ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Difficult , ’ agreed Henry , ‘ and made more so , I imagine , by the fact that both the Coroner and the Chairman of the Magistrates ’ Bench were there . ’ |
| 4 | And Lucy knew they were there to be lovers , Jay knew like her heartbeat that they would make love . |
| 5 | I lay as if you were there and loved the shape your back had made , had a sense of your silky warmth , my body curling round the heat and wonder of you in my arms . |
| 6 | ‘ We knew you were there . |
| 7 | A traveller or two , pedlars and shepherds , were persuaded to join the few hundred who were there by the weight of glowering disapproval from dozens of faces when they showed signs of passing by . |
| 8 | Occasionally he appeared in a bomber jacket and he frequently wore a hat — when we were there it was an engaging and stylish grey and white cap , though sometimes an American baseball hat in honour of Stevie Ray Vaughan . |
| 9 | The sexual feelings were there , and were overwhelming , as they are to many teenagers . |
| 10 | In the afternoons she sat in the lounge , sometimes on her own , sometimes with the others ; but if the others were there she did not look at them , only at the television screen . |
| 11 | Austin Mitchell ( Beyond the Blue Horizon ) , and Giles Radice ( Labour 's Path to Power — the New Revisionism ) were there too . |
| 12 | All H&C 's four major divisions — chemicals , timber , food and plantations - were there when Mr Paul took control . |
| 13 | Attilla The Stockbroker , a suitably offensive looking poet-comedian , took to the stage to tell an unusually large Sunday night crowd why they were there . |
| 14 | Glover showed them , and if anyone had cared to look , the portents for Rambo 's Hall 's win were there . |
| 15 | Neil Armstrong and Buz Aldrin and their wives were there and Harold had laid on the evening in grand style with lots of television coverage . |
| 16 | Neither jet-lag nor anything going wrong has been evident at the tourists ' training , which has been comfortably the most impressive seen in Cardiff since … well , since the last time the All Blacks were there in 1980 . |
| 17 | Those anti the protestors declined to give their names and said they were there as individuals . |
| 18 | We were there last weekend , they 'd say , and the elements were against us , but we were snug from head to toe in our rubber suits . |
| 19 | The women were there , there talking , struggling , excited , engaged and angry . |
| 20 | But when the pain came they were there . |
| 21 | Maggie would not close her eyes , because that would be cheating , but she shortened her focus so that it rested precisely on the window-panes , and although they were not dirty and the moonbeams seemed to shine straight through them , they were there . |
| 22 | Few of those disgorged from the solitary coach on the day that we were there noticed the gorge , yet it is spectacular in a way that the dais is not ; a volcanic fissure and a geological feature of startling proportions and beauty . |
| 23 | The boats are there to serve Lappish communities , or rather they were there . |
| 24 | It was not that they were there as a punishment , just that the cellar was their living room ( a common arrangement in the back-to-backs of Bradford where most Asian families live ) . |
| 25 | When I left Uganda , my weight was 135 pounds , but in one year only 100 pounds were left , only bones were there . |
| 26 | Those that were there seemed intended as no more than second or even third-string playthings for those untouched by the recession . |
| 27 | ‘ Listen , Cullam , ’ he said , ‘ you were there . |
| 28 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 29 | To their surprise , all the workers from Althorp were there too . |
| 30 | They had been told by Earl Spencer that there were sadly insufficient tickets for him to invite them , but Diana used her own allocation to ensure they were there . |