Example sentences of "[noun] there was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the course of several days there was removed to reception areas a total of 826,959 unaccompanied schoolchildren , 523,670 mothers with pre-school children , 12,705 expectant mothers , and 173,000 others in the priority classes . |
| 2 | The mist moved on , and each man and eagle there was turned to stone and raised up . |
| 3 | The benefit to be assessed on teachers at Malvern College in respect of their children 's education there was held to be the marginal cost to the school of providing the education , less any contribution the teachers made . |
| 4 | There was no quality ball and what ball there was went to halfbacks — Ralph Keyes and Rob Saunders — on a collective off day . |
| 5 | The refugee camp there was said to be acting as a " magnet " , encouraging more Haitians to put to sea , and it was confirmed that the camp would be phased out . |
| 6 | And whichever way she looked at Jessie 's case there was going to be trouble , deep trouble , awful trouble , frightening trouble . |
| 7 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 8 | When Richard was a young man there was reckoned to be a tournament about once a fortnight on the Continent ; in England they were prohibited on the orders of Henry II . |
| 9 | Now , you are too young to be aware of this but in the past there was held to be a linkage between so-called ‘ self-abuse ’ and the sebaceous rigours of your time of life . |
| 10 | When I left the Falkland Islands there were signs that summer there was drawing to a close . |
| 11 | He said in any system there was bound to be a turnover leading to some vacant homes . |
| 12 | He said in any system there was bound to be a turnover leading to some vacant homes . |
| 13 | We ’ d had an idea there was going to be trouble but the fire took us by surprise |
| 14 | Now they were perfectly entitled to claim this but this was going to confuse the jury and the jury would also be confuse by the fact there was going to be no mention of the fact which everybody was aware of that the men claim that they were beaten up while they were in custody . |