Example sentences of "be [det] there was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But sitting up in the bedroom looking down towards the river , she was asking herself more often of late whether meat and clothing were all there was to life . |
| 2 | Not if that were all there was to it . |
| 3 | That 's all there was to it . ’ |
| 4 | But that 's all there was to it . |
| 5 | That 's all there was to it . |
| 6 | That 's all there was to it . ’ |
| 7 | You know , I was Jessie and he was Harry and that 's all there was to it ! |
| 8 | And that was all there was to it . ’ |
| 9 | I just did n't fancy her and that was all there was to it . |
| 10 | He was suffering from third-degree ennui , and that was all there was to it . |
| 11 | If this was all there was to Soccer Rivals it 'd just be another mediocre management game , but the board-game aspect is a lot of fun , especially with three human players . |
| 12 | If that was all there was to it , we could be pardoned some uneasiness ; we might feel that we have n't been shown much reason for supposing that there are any sentences such that all who understand them will agree on their truth-value no matter what the circumstances . |
| 13 | He would be the doctor attending me , and that was all there was to it . |
| 14 | " That was all there was to the message , but then she got chatting . |
| 15 | Barbara Coleman did not sell much work and that was all there was to it . |
| 16 | If that was all there was to it , we should simply be highly sophisticated digital computers . |
| 17 | ‘ I fell for him at once and he seemed attracted to me , but that was all there was to it for a long time . |