Example sentences of "[was/were] a [noun] [noun] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er to force the employer into a frame of mind that er well there was a bargaining unit there . |
| 2 | But er yes it was it could be and there was a blow hole there as well . |
| 3 | There was a tree house there and nobody knew about it so I climbed up there and I 'd shoot everyone from the roof you know . |
| 4 | Well when Roger and Mark was there , there was a toilet roll there . |
| 5 | Popular etymology has claimed that ‘ Bredcroft ’ was the place where the town 's medieval bakers kept their ovens and Burton claims there was a court house there , but there is no evidence . |
| 6 | I knew there was a water leak there but if it had n't with rain that it definitely was a water leak . |
| 7 | It saved some bacon here and was a morale booster there — after all , it could have bee a lot worse . |
| 8 | But I thought there was a gas tap there you know ? |
| 9 | Jeff , who drove a lead car , explained : ‘ We knew there was a building site there and after a few dollars had changed hands the construction workers used one of their cranes to transfer the three-and-a-halfton generator . ’ |
| 10 | Everybody paid the union then , aye everybody was a union man there . |
| 11 | So when there was a lead coffin there you 'd think there 'd be something else . |
| 12 | There was a class thing there as well , I noticed |
| 13 | It was as if there was a force field there . |
| 14 | you could n't do that everybody else would be picking your mail , if there was a letter box there , mail box |
| 15 | I ca n't remember in fact if there was a Transport official there . |
| 16 | Yes , but that was a breeding centre there . |
| 17 | The idea hit her like a thunderbolt and she spun round , heading back towards the main entrance , remembering that there was an enquiries desk there . |