Example sentences of "there were [noun] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were rings on his fingers . |
| 2 | Of course he was n't always there because frequently there were notes from his mother to say that he had earache or something , but later on I realized , of course , that those notes had been faked , the same as the notes that I had sent to school from my mother several generations before that . |
| 3 | There were bruises on his neck and a bloodstained rag round his right hand . |
| 4 | There were threats to his academic career , but they came from a different direction . |
| 5 | The unending toil , which ground on at the pace of the changing seasons and the constant struggle against relentless Nature would be in vain , as far as Jonadab Oaks was concerned , unless there were others of his name to follow in his footsteps and work this land to which he had devoted his life . |
| 6 | There were times during his illness , he told me , when he was happier than he 'd been since he was a child . |
| 7 | The jackal de Guichet , they said , was bad enough , but there were limits to his powers ; but the old lion acknowledged no restrictions within his own honour , his rule was as absolute as plague . |
| 8 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 9 | I asked Joshua Rozenberg , our Legal Affairs correspondent , whether there were things from his area he felt we should have covered . |
| 10 | ‘ I know there were crowds at his funeral , ’ said John . |
| 11 | First half losses before tax increased from £17.7m to £30.6m at Ratners ; Gerald Ratner received much criticism and there were calls for his resignation at the company 's agm . |
| 12 | Lawrence Turman , years later , admitted that when there were screenings at his house people would come up to him and say , ‘ It 's a shame . |
| 13 | There were complaints about his behaviour . |
| 14 | There were tears on his cheeks . |
| 15 | There were tears in his eyes when he crouched to gather up the debris , scooping it into a pile with both hands while Sweetheart roared with laughter . |
| 16 | When I looked at him , there were tears in his eyes , and he said , ‘ It 's not us who 'll have the problem , Mum . |
| 17 | Now , as the train swayed up the coast , there were tears in his own eyes too . |
| 18 | But there were tears in his eyes too . |
| 19 | ‘ There were tears in his eyes and he could n't really speak . |
| 20 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 21 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 22 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 23 | The boy was shaking , and when he looked up at Rory there were tears in his eyes . |
| 24 | When he looked up there were tears in his eyes . |
| 25 | And when he moved back , there were tears in his eyes , real grief in his expression . |
| 26 | There were tears in his eyes . |
| 27 | ’ There were tears in his eyes , and he did not look away . |
| 28 | There were tears in his eyes as he turned his face to Tallis . |
| 29 | When Norman woke in hospital , there were stumps below his knees : |
| 30 | There were parts of his life that he did n't want the world to see , Alison least of all . |