Example sentences of "i [vb base] there was [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas I think cars now , because they give these guarantees on rust , they 've certainly given it a lot of thought , but , I mean there was certainly models that were riddled with problems were n't there ? |
| 2 | It 's hard hard to say how much that would have helped the situation out there I mean it definitely would have helped in some degree , but I mean there was still all the oil that was present on the platform in the separators except those which were left under pressure all that would have had to burn . |
| 3 | Course eventually the , I mean , there was er there was Sergeant who was a butcher out the High Street there was Alf was a barber out of the High Street there was er Frank , Frank he was another butcher out of the High Street there was er miners er teachers , I mean there was quite a mixture of occupations in , in the , in the Home Guard . |
| 4 | As we made our way through 1944 the advancing Allied forces were able to give us more room — by that I mean there was more Allied occupied ( and therefore less hostile ) territory for us to fly over in order to get to our targets . |
| 5 | It was better than the other one , it might of been the seats but I do n't think so because I mean there was so much in this one |
| 6 | Er I mean there was obviously er there was some things that you were er a little bit uncomfortable about but I think you coped quite well . |
| 7 | The main reason , main thing is presuming that there must have been refreshments for all these people , probably might have been just a buffet or cup of coffee , or I expect there was probably a lunch laid on , I want to know who footed the bill for the lunch ? |
| 8 | She looked away again , for her gaze seemed to discomfit Wolff , and said : ‘ I imagine there was never a more interesting time to be a banker than the present . ’ |
| 9 | As far as I know there was never any shortage of money — our fathers sent sums regularly back from England — and I , being the youngest , was the centre of attention . |
| 10 | N do n't know that I know just the whisky barrels they were , a little I believe there was maybe a name for them . |
| 11 | I I guess there was probably a lean to or something like that . |
| 12 | That is if you go back to the Kinsey sort of stuff about sexuality um you find that well I 've I 've stuck a quote from Kinsey et al there um that back in the 1950's there was er y'know with with ah academics like Kinsey attempting to study sexuality erm I suppose there was often er a . |
| 13 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 14 | I should like you to meet Augusta , but think that your two worlds are so different — And that is why I think there was surely never anything serious between us two … . |
| 15 | Er I think there was just Elsie at home then . |
| 16 | ‘ I think there was just something rebellious going on in my head , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Oh no , oh I think there was quite a few . |
| 18 | so we did like a meal for , I think there was about thirty of them |
| 19 | You see , I think there was about eight folks be used for thrashing roughly , ten folks erm two on the rick , one cutting , one feeding , one one that end . |
| 20 | I think there was very little practised homosexuality . |
| 21 | I think there was only ever my father , for her . ’ |
| 22 | The the trust has actually approached several Council 's in the area not just Harlow Council obviously but many many other Councils and I think there was only one other Council that provided some funding and that was something like two hundred and fifty pounds was offered at one time I think that 's ceased now so there is no other Council although although it 'd be interesting tonight although fifty per cent of the people who actually use this facility actually come from outside the town but there 's no funding directly or indirectly from any other Council so my knowledge would be if you exclude B P exclude General Portfolio perhaps I 'm doing other companies a disservice I ca n't think of any other major company in town that 's actually provided but Gordon can you think of . |
| 23 | I think there was only so much fun to go round , only so much and no more available . |
| 24 | Er I think there was only one question that was raised during the er course of the discussion Chairman which erm Mike assured and Mr raised the point about the Channel Tunnel , the effect that that might have of er erm passenger Gatwick . |
| 25 | I think there was only one because they only had one , and I got one white cos they only had one I think , it was the other colours I 'm sure I 'd got two of , I must of done , cos I mean I 've used a lot myself do n't I ? |
| 26 | So I think there was more give and take between our performing than any other relationship . |
| 27 | And it was just me arm and me hand and me face that were were burnt and and at that the time I mean I was n't in any pain and I think there was more serious ones to be dealt with . |
| 28 | Also , in terms of relationships between the characters , in the first series I think there was definitely a lesbian sub-text in the relationship between the two detectives . |
| 29 | I think there was really only one woman for him after he married . |
| 30 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |