Example sentences of "there [vb mod] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if there are objects called black holes into which things can fall but not get out , there ought to be other objects that things can come out of but not fall into . |
| 2 | Children will clearly need to be taught all these things and , as the Bullock report points out ( DES , 1975 ) , there ought to be little difficulty in teaching these things if , and it is a big if , they are taught in a practical manner so that children can see that they do actually help them . |
| 3 | Yeah I was really attracted to him but I just could not speak to him , it was awful , and like there used to be awful pauses and you 'd just go er right we 'd better get off with each other again because you ca n't bear the silence , it 's too uncomfortable so you used to , and then you go oh shit better get off with him again , it 's awful , he 's and he used to have such a , no personality at all . |
| 4 | That 's all been altered , i they 've all been made into shops and spoilt the you know , the and there used to be old 's , the shoe shop and Mr. 's watch shop and Mrs 's pastry shop . |
| 5 | And then there used to be old Tom and Mary . |
| 6 | Clean the There used to be huge stocks leading right up to Mapperley Pit , of this slag and stuff , and they sold all that off , and er that was the year that fought and Al broke his thumb on him . |
| 7 | We used to , there used to be little wooden tops . |
| 8 | There used to be big families I 've seen down at there were six girls there . |