Example sentences of "there was [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was noone at his home at Thenford on the border of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire today . |
| 2 | There was sand on the ground , about four inches deep , completely surrounding the building . |
| 3 | There was sand in front of her , sand behind her , sand to the left and sand to the right . |
| 4 | There was sand in his mouth . |
| 5 | He was simply responding to the fact that he knew there was bleach in the mixture . |
| 6 | There was correspondence with Woburn over the construction of a shelter for orange trees , to be added to an existing wall , with a moveable roof erected every autumn . |
| 7 | There was litigation after the completion of the road , the railway authorities claiming substantial compensation from the Highways authority for damage and disturbance to the railway track . |
| 8 | In 79% of the biopsy specimens there was concurrence over the grading of the extent of gastric metaplasia . |
| 9 | There was anxiety about the terms and conditions of future employment . |
| 10 | There is a tradition at Borwick regarding the gallery , that in the days when there was anxiety over Border raids and the beacons were prepared ready for alarm , the women drove the cattle from the fields to the courtyard , which at that time was grassed , and the barmkin ( a grassy enclosure ) , and then stationed themselves on the gallery to spin and watch . |
| 11 | Fourth , there was anxiety over the extent to which the Gulf states , whether formal belligerents or not , had been arming themselves with the most advanced weaponry available from a wide range of sources . |
| 12 | There was bougainvillaea in flower , clambering up the stone walls , small white roses on thin stalks among the weeds , and wild flowers in what could hardly be called a garden . |
| 13 | There was logic in this distinction ; for if the duties of a vassal were such as Fulbert defined them , then in fulfilling them the fidelis whose estates were close to those of his lord would have to make many sacrifices , while for one who lived several days ' journey away , not making a nuisance of himself would be a relatively painless matter . |
| 14 | There was development in 1560 by the Philipson family and further developments in the 17th and 18th Centuries . |
| 15 | In fact at the end of March in this simulation there was denitrification at all levels from 75 to 20mbar , similar to that observed over Antarctica . |
| 16 | No matter how certain he might be immediately before he closed his eyes that there was plenty of space in front of him , no matter how positive he was as he walked with eyes closed that he was n't veering off to one side and there was tarmac under his feet rather than grass , he still found it very hard , almost impossible , to walk more than about twenty paces with his eyes closed . |
| 17 | There was lack of comprehension at how it could have happened and why the 63th Army could not have been relieved , and little consolation for bereaved relatives in the official interpretation of ‘ heroic sacrifice ’ . |
| 18 | First , there was subservience in that Bacon looked toward the pope for patronage . |
| 19 | I was afraid to leave Edinburgh , even momentarily , in case there was word from the War Office , but in September 1944 my mother persuaded me to go with her to Bedford for a short holiday . |
| 20 | There was sack after sack of mail from Bristol and Bath . |
| 21 | Even in the seventies there was awareness of a ‘ north — south ’ divide . |
| 22 | Before the law received Royal Assent there was resistance to its implementation . |
| 23 | The fact that there was resistance to these proposals was entirely predictable . |
| 24 | In practice there was resistance to the levying of the first instalment and collection proved increasingly difficult . |
| 25 | I managed to keep afloat then till , as I said we found this half a lifeboat and there was couple of fellows and er I managed to swim over to that and pull myself up on it and for there the inflatable off the standby boat came alongside , picked us up and put us on then standby boat . |
| 26 | But erm you know when we were on the strike if these lads would n't have gone back , there was couple of scabs went back into the quarry . |
| 27 | Oh there was couple of nice bums there definitely . |
| 28 | Within one hour there was activity at this base as the gun carriage that was to carry the King 's body was held at this unit . |
| 29 | There was activity in the hall and Curtis 's quavering voice . |
| 30 | There was fluid in my lungs , rattling and wheezing at every breath . |