Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] there was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we can see at the bottom of one , three , four bearing in mind that these are the August nineteen ninety two accounts , we see at the top of one , three , four that there have in fact been an adjustment there for the previous year to August nineteen ninety one so that there was in fact an amount of surplus created to the residence of a hundred and eight pounds , eighty P , is that right ? |
| 2 | Only that there was at least a minor cultural triumph on the terraces where Francois Aliane , celebrated French restaurateur from Edinburgh , rugby enthusiast and Scotophile , was waxing the way fans do and giving his views to a French spectator . |
| 3 | In 1983 , the Attorney General issued new guidelines to the police which suggested that in all cases they should prosecute only when there was at least a 50 per cent . |
| 4 | Looking down into his eyes , Harry Pascoe knew instinctively that there was in Tristram the makings of the sort of man he would have liked to have been himself : a man of honour , a man untroubled by jealousy or a guilty conscience . |
| 5 | There was , however , meant to be a distinction between the subjects taken by senior students , aged between 16 and 18 , and those taken by juniors aged between 14 and 16 , just as there was between those employed in skilled trades and those who were in unskilled occupations . |
| 6 | If all went awry and there was to be a last ditch fight for the city , this is where it would take place . ) |
| 7 | The Smith residence was a plush , elderly house set amongst trees and shrubs off the road ; the lights were on and there was to be no deliverance . |
| 8 | First , as a result of the negotiations by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor , there is considerably more flexibility now than there was with the 3 per cent . |
| 9 | There is more bad art now than there was in ancient Egypt . |
| 10 | Cos there 's more people now than there was in those days . |
| 11 | Now considering there was at least 1,000 miles of sand between Baghdad and Damascus , everybody who heard this remark had hysterics , everybody except for the stupid young officer who went off to think about this . |
| 12 | Particularly now when there was after all , to be no baby . |
| 13 | God there was like a ra , I was on the computer today and there was like weeee really ringing sort of noise erm , I thought it was just you know , when you 're ears ring ? |
| 14 | There is a world recession today as there was in the 1930s . |
| 15 | But now , talking to Joan , seeing her changing expressions , he asked himself how it had been so — apart from their dress , it seemed to him then that there was after all no strong likeness between them . |