Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [pron] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In times gone by , there were always lots of hedge trimmings available at the beginning of November , and it was easy to make a bonfire — with a big family you want a big bonfire . |
| 2 | There was thus plenty of time for the photon source and the two separated measuring instruments to affect each other , perhaps through some kind of ‘ background fluctuations ’ . |
| 3 | In London , even if a case were delayed because a witness had not presented himself or the judge was ill , there was always plenty of work waiting for her in chambers . |
| 4 | There was always plenty of activity here , and so much so , that it was not until some time had elapsed , that a rumbling from above brought the GC to his attention . |
| 5 | Pushing aside her need to find Grandfather 's friend , unconsciously adopting the philosophy of the Irish that there was always plenty of time , she allowed Feargal to monopolise her — although when he found time to run his farm was anyone 's guess . |
| 6 | Most of my summers were spent with Venturous in Scotland where there was still plenty of work for us . |
| 7 | At 11 p.m. , he made sure there was still plenty of tape left on the machine and departed , returning at 8 a.m. the following morning to take it across the street to Syrian George . |
| 8 | The sun was now down but there was still plenty of light . |
| 9 | There was still plenty of bitterness and anger , but other emotions were surfacing through the hurts . |
| 10 | When Quakers lost at Plainmoor at roughly the same time last season , there was still plenty of encouragement in the performance and they recovered to win the Fourth Division . |
| 11 | When he 'd stored his new acquisitions in it there was still lots of room left for more books and papers . |