Example sentences of "there were [noun] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were changes to be made , a BMA spokesman said , but they would be made within the existing system . |
| 2 | Even in Brittany , which was a much less wealthy province than Normandy , there were rewards to be won : Sir Thomas Dagworth , for instance , was paid 25,000 gold écus as a reward for his capture of Charles of Blois , and the English garrisons in Brittany plundered the surrounding countryside . |
| 3 | Verse 28 : despite the way the verse reads , and the New English Bible 's interpretation , verse 27 and 45:4 make it far more likely that Joseph was sold by his brothers , Reuben 's absence is not improbable — there were flocks to be seen to . |
| 4 | But there were problems to be resolved . |
| 5 | There were problems about being the carrier of bills , final demands , and offensive advertising material , but as far as Caro knew Bryony overcame her scruples sufficiently to deliver all mail except for a succession of very obvious plain brown envelopes , which were frequently sent to one particular address on her route . |
| 6 | When I actually began to realize that there were advantages to being gay , that changed my whole attitude — up till then I had always thought of it as something to be sorry for , to apologize for . |
| 7 | There were grandchildren to be met for the first time . |
| 8 | For some buyers there were bargains to be had . |
| 9 | She brought a bowl from the cupboard and filled it with water from the kettle , there were chores to be done before she could even begin to make a meal for the three of them . |
| 10 | As it got dark there was a nightmare of organisation and shouting ; there were meals to be cooked for the Sergeants , marquee and tents to be erected in a rainstorm , personal kit to be unpacked and weapons to be put into a makeshift armoury . |
| 11 | Then there were blankets to be cleaned , saddles to be lifted on and buckles galore to be done up on girths and surcingles , stirrups and cruppers , breastplates and bridles . |
| 12 | There were checks to be done , now that Hess had replaced the mechanic , so Karlheinz backed off a few paces with the camera . |
| 13 | She glanced round her , there were boots to be tapped , heavy working boots belonging to Cleg the Coal with the sole hanging off like a ragged tongue . |
| 14 | There were things to be done , important things . |
| 15 | There were things to be done , and they had been done , and everything was inexplicable . |
| 16 | There were things to be said and asked , things they both needed to understand , but she was n't inclined to risk such a potentially traumatic discussion now , so shortly before she had to go out and be both professional and sociable . |
| 17 | ‘ But you know , ’ he murmured , ‘ there were things to be done on the boat . |
| 18 | If there were games to be played or work to be done or stories to be read it was always to Rachel that she would turn ; Rachel who went out and came in when she said she would and said ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ , not from whim or temper , but with authority . |
| 19 | There were decisions to be made , and foremost was the need to get rid of the jade . |
| 20 | On most days there were cases to be heard by Magistrates G.R. Tretheway , Wm . |
| 21 | After that there were cheques to be attended to and put aside to await Silas 's signature . |
| 22 | When there were contractors to be handed out directors may have tried to help one another , but that can hardly have been a sufficient reason for buying up large blocks of shares . |
| 23 | There were matters to be discussed that were really quite urgent . |
| 24 | There were warships to be laid down . |
| 25 | There were babies and there were children to be looked after , also Uncle Farmborough , who must in the end have become old in himself , since there was talk of my grandmother having to change his trousers . |
| 26 | There were details to be arranged . |
| 27 | Each ticket cost £30 , and only as many tickets were sold as there were items to be raffled , so that every ticketholder received a prize . |
| 28 | Or at least , not being bothered about a few whiskers when there were animals to be saved . |
| 29 | With the labour force depleted by the military , there were jobs to be filled , and at better rates of pay than elsewhere in the country . |
| 30 | I 've never found that a congenial notion ; it seemed to me that there were ways to be quite contemporary and yet go at the art in a fashion that would allow you to tell complicated stories simply for the aesthetic pleasure of complexity of complication and unravelment , suspense , and the rest . |