Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [conj] there [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
| 2 | Well I was only thinking that there 's not much on the television so |
| 3 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 4 | Er er and er I 'm not saying that there is necessarily , but even if there was she 's not going to because she wants to preserve her , her referrals . |
| 5 | I 'm not saying that there was n't an expectation that there would be a gradual move in there , and ultimately we would suffer and we would lose that level of grant . |
| 6 | The industry was no longer floundering and there was far less chance of an idiosyncratic , sensational , or outspoken film . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , little love , ’ he breathed , and while from his adoring tone she knew herself forgiven , ‘ I — do n't know quite how to tell you this — ’ He paused , but , clearly deciding that there was only one way , he proceeded to completely stagger her when , ‘ It is a fact , my dear , that I did not , and never have , promised an interview to your sister , or to anyone else representing Verity magazine . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , they ended up learning that there were much more effective ways of organising . ’ |
| 9 | She was also discovering that there was more to Sean O'Farrell than the frivolous charm which he presented to the world . |
| 10 | Erm again , this is why er er jogging at th at this point became so er popular if you remember everyb er a little while , few years ago everybody was rushing out jogging and there are still people who are doing it . |
| 11 | Often sounding like there 's no one driving , Mark 's recipe for recording involves bringing the barest bones of a song into the studio , letting the musicians bend it , stretch it , squash it , cook it and generally rip it to shreds , before setting about trying to sort out the sparks from the farts . |
| 12 | Now if that is correct perhaps a minister could say so and clear in explicit terms er because it is very , very important because increasingly er a number of firms act in er in er in in both capacities and indeed for the large firms I think many of us are aware of the difficulty that 's now arising and there are only half a dozen very large accountancy firms that are capable of providing accounting and auditing services in this country and indeed most of them are beneficiaries of this government 's largesse in awarding public service contracts er to a surprising degree and so the government will be well aware of the problem . |