Example sentences of "[prep] be [conj] there [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , were every indication to be that there was no chance of the letter ever being posted — for example if the person was a known thief and there was no post-box within a hundred miles — then in this case giving him or her the letter would be regarded as stupid . |
| 2 | The upshot of this foray into the literature on beliefs in antiquity seems to be that there was a great deal of credulity and some scepticism , as well as some wonderfully entertaining stories . |
| 3 | A part of that obviously I think is going to be that there was an expected higher level of productivity than we 've actually achieved , cos you know in January I think in , in Christine 's area for example , to start off with I mean er er er productivity plummeted erm and it 's now , and she changed the system and , and one or two other things . |
| 4 | I had every right to be if there was going to be this sort of hostility between the two of them all the way down into the ice . |
| 5 | Leaks were the flavour of the year in 1983 , but the trouble was that neither Ken Clarke nor I had the first idea what report this was meant to be as there were no plans , secret or otherwise , for privatization . |
| 6 | Erm all I 'm sure about is that there was this change going on in the rurar econ |