Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb past] [prep] [be] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it was , that at some momentous point in the immensity of time there came into being three initial units which can be taken as the true beginning of the story of earthly life . |
| 2 | She always felt sorry for the children at the Ragged School and there seemed to be hundreds and hundreds of them . |
| 3 | There seemed to be two areas of subject-matter where quadraphonics might have an artistic advantage , drama and wildlife recording , so it seemed very sensible when the first ‘ quadraphonic ’ record of birdsong was announced . |
| 4 | There seemed to be two kinds , straight and wiggly . |
| 5 | I remember thinking that there seemed to be one hell of a lot of buttons on the average Mother Christmas costume . |
| 6 | There looked to be three or perhaps four of the Tree Spirits . |
| 7 | When I arrived on tie scene there appeared to be hundreds of people there , but a civilian — the works and bricks engineer seemed — to be the boss , and even the station commander was happily taking orders from him about filling sandbags and placing them on the Bund to strengthen it against the rising tide . |
| 8 | But there appeared to be one good thing about her mother 's suggestion . |
| 9 | In this rapidly changing political landscape , at the end of January 1992 there appeared to be eight presidential candidates in addition to Ramos . |
| 10 | ‘ There had to be two . |
| 11 | There had to be fifty trucks and cars . |
| 12 | Thus the president was a Maronite , the prime minister a Sunni , the speaker of parliament a Shia ; even in parliament , there had to be six Christians for every five Muslims . |