Example sentences of "[adv] there [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps there had been a gust while he was over by the engine ? |
| 2 | John Dunner , the head of the National Radiological Protection Board , in an aside , made the interesting suggestion that perhaps there had been altogether too much information available about nuclear energy , rather than too little , ready material to use , either uncomprehendingly or fully aware , to stoke up polemical fires . |
| 3 | Well , perhaps there had been a second bank-book , after all ? |
| 4 | Jack speculated that perhaps there had been some interference by a superior , or that vandals may have seen the lonely outpost as a target for action . |
| 5 | Senga looked at her quickly , before turning away — perhaps there had been something amusing in one of Mama 's letters . |
| 6 | Perhaps there had been a muddle because her birthday and her wedding date were so close together . |
| 7 | Perhaps there had been a moment where Lucy 's guard had been down and she might have been diverted , but the moment had now passed . |
| 8 | Perhaps there had been a second confrontation after all and another loss of control . |
| 9 | Perhaps there had been a hint of the rain slackening ; anyway , it did in the minute he waited in the car . |
| 10 | Perhaps there had n't been anyone there , after all . |
| 11 | Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about . |
| 12 | Perhaps there 's been a mix-up . |
| 13 | Well there are a number of spaces that are in positions which could be used by disabled , in other words , they are not sort of , sandwich tight against other spaces and what 's happened in the past is that erm when a need has arisen an and when perhaps there 's been er generally a bungalow that has been er , occupied by somebody who 's disabled then the housing department have erm modified that space I mean , wha what we 've actually done is we 've er , taken a certain amount of block paving out but put back some block paved logo , sort of , standard white er symbol that erm that identifies disabled space and and , and that space is actually earmarked for that person , and it could happen in a variety of different locations erm it 's just that there 's probably not so much point in doing it until you know that there is er a specific need . |
| 14 | Perhaps there have been odd , amusing little things that have happened during our day 's work , and we share these . |
| 15 | Hitherto there had been no provision for the mentally afflicted poor ; only licensed ‘ mad houses , , run on a private basis , which could only be used by those whose relations could afford them . |
| 16 | Hitherto there had only been four or five types available in England . |
| 17 | They took a small boutique on the Left Bank , where hitherto there had been only antique shops , correctly recognizing that the little street , Rue des Saints Pères , was full of ‘ Laura Ashley spirit ’ . |
| 18 | HITHERTO there seems to have been an assumption in the minds of programmers as festive holidays loom that , for the most part , audiences ' minds are on vacation , too . |
| 19 | Hitherto there have been no real owners . |
| 20 | He then goes on erm going on from that , going on from say commercialization , increased commercialization erm that there 's an effort to build more roads and repairing and that basically there seems to be a picture that the peasants are getting together to try and improve their own lot . |
| 21 | So whilst they 're sailing across , everything is calm , everything is peaceful , and suddenly there arose this fierce gale , this this tempest ! |
| 22 | Behind him the dogs bayed in triumph , then suddenly there came a terrible scream which clutched Corbett 's heart — a cry of dreadful despair . |
| 23 | The costs seem to be controlled but suddenly there becomes a demand for more and more money . |
| 24 | Once comedy was given the incentive to develop it soon leapt ahead of the dramatic film : suddenly there emerged a handful of geniuses and this was not entirely a matter of chance . |
| 25 | Er I mean that , that 's not an attempt to dissuade or anyone but it , it you know people are very traditional and if the Garrick has always charged reasonably and suddenly there seems to be rate of inflation and this sort of thing , you know , as Linda said , they might think okay , I 'll pay three quid but I 'm damned if I 'm buying any raffle tickets . |
| 26 | Only when she was halfway there did she remember that this , after all , was n't Chipchester , where she had spent the last six months at college — nor even Athens , where at least the drivers and pedestrians expected to engage in constant warfare — and that perhaps she should have checked the traffic before crossing … |
| 27 | Naturally there have been pockets of Tory resistance in Labour strongholds , just as there are pockets of Labour resistance in the South . |
| 28 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
| 29 | Apparently there had been yet another terrible scene when the old Doctor , his wits once more restored by salt and water , had discovered that he had again been disobeyed . |
| 30 | The report was published in July 1986 and concluded that apparently there had been little work done on the effects of skill mix on patient services and that " a higher priority should be given by management to achieving the best value for money by the adoption of methods of allocating staffing resources more closely related to the needs of patients and ward objectives . |