Example sentences of "there [vb past] [det] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there seemed such knowledge in those grey eyes , so much awareness , and she shivered again as she recalled the whipcord strength in that seemingly indolent frame . |
| 2 | Decisions about the design of such machinery were made by the suppliers ; there seemed little variation in the machines on offer in their implications for de-skilling ; and the result was a gradual process of de-skilling of most of the production workers . |
| 3 | They had exchanged blood ; there seemed little point in saying what she planned . |
| 4 | There seemed little point in worrying ; the 12-string guitar work of Johnny Marr was to play a crucial part in the band 's make up . |
| 5 | Certainly there seemed little point in giving either side the initial advantage ; invasion by one might be precipitated by an agreement with the other , and if Germany and the USSR came to blows , it would inevitably be on Polish soil . |
| 6 | Ted McCarty claims it was intentional , since there seemed little point in covering an expensive maple top with black paint . |
| 7 | I was cold , tired and hungry , but there seemed little point in going to bed until the storm had gone through . |
| 8 | There seemed little point in asking Kevin whether or not he and Islander were well suited . |
| 9 | There seemed little point in launching into the saga of her engagement , and it also seemed like an ideal opportunity to tell Piers obliquely that she was n't emotionally involved with him . |
| 10 | She had drilled herself to super-efficiency and had become one of the very highly paid temps the advertisements talk about , because there seemed little point in such jobs unless they were extravagantly rewarded . |
| 11 | There seemed little point in continuing this conversation . |
| 12 | But as , presumably , they had been wiped off the face of the earth by someone pretty close to Ella Walsh or Rose Fox , there seemed little point in asking about them . |
| 13 | There seemed little point in trying to do battle any longer against the inevitable . |
| 14 | But , even if she did find their name and address , since the alternator needed seemed to be going to take some time to track down , there seemed little point in trying to contact them that day . |
| 15 | Martha observed that as England was to have a bastard for a queen , there seemed little harm in having Sir Gregory Roscarrock 's bastard for a husband . |
| 16 | England rugby captain Will Carling on the controversial new laws WHAT has Britain come to and where is there left any integrity in Cabinet ministers and officers of the Crown ? |
| 17 | He demanded : ‘ What has Britain come to and where is there left any integrity in Cabinet ministers and officers of the Crown ? ’ |