Example sentences of "[was/were] plenty [prep] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being reasonably wealthy and not a total antidote to the opposite sex , ’ he said with a wry grin , ‘ I knew there were plenty of women to make me forget . |
| 2 | There were plenty of soldiers to help it . |
| 3 | For example , one of their star turns , David Swift , whose appearance in the first programme of the series staring out at the world through bright blue eyes beneath a battered trilby marked him out as a natural , recalls going to dance halls in the 1950s in search of girls : ‘ I mean there were plenty of songs coming out then where they say , Look at the way she walks . |
| 4 | A really good score could reach 100 , so there were plenty of numbers to draw . |
| 5 | Mr Scott is chief reporter on the weekly Southern Reporter , so there were plenty of opportunities to stage his one-man fashion display at prestigious events . |
| 6 | There appeared to be no survivors and there were plenty of witnesses to swear both Greg Martin and Paula Varna were on board when the yacht sailed — Martin was well known at the marina where he kept her and Paula was a highly visible character . ’ |
| 7 | There were plenty of voices muttering dire threats of cross-contamination — but it worked ! |
| 8 | He did not see lowly members of his establishment either and as Maggie got ready to go there were plenty of eyes watching her progress . |
| 9 | However what happened instead was the cat-calls and the boos and the jeers started almost as soon as this procession came came into Red Square , and there were plenty of banners calling for freedom for Lithuania , there were cries of ‘ shame , shame ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ There were plenty of verbals intended to frighten the life out of someone , but it disturbs me that Jones is talking proudly about hurting players . |
| 11 | ‘ Only a few years ago they were plenty of colliers playing rugby in Wales . |
| 12 | There were plenty of rebels opposed to individual Merovingians , but the family 's right to rule was not questioned . |