Example sentences of "[vb past] there [be] [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The survey was conducted outside London , but a comparable investigation within the capital found there were more complaints about prices , beer quality and the general character of the pub , but fewer about service . |
| 2 | We searched for examples around the country but found there were few operating in the National Health Service . |
| 3 | The servants believed there was some blight on Iskandara and her mother — they had gossiped across Alexandra in her nursery when she was supposedly too small to understand — some blight so that only daughters were born to these remarkable women who craved sons , and lone daughters at that , born late , at a time when most women were coming to an end of their childbearing . |
| 4 | Hagans solicitor augued there was little evidence for the earlier rape charge , he should be granted bail . |
| 5 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off ’ . |
| 6 | I was over-qualified and signing on and I realised there was more money to be made taking my clothes off . |
| 7 | It was discovered not on earth in fact but on the sun in the first place , in about eighteen sixty-eight erm absorption lines were seen , and , and it was a long time after that before people realised there was some helium on the earth and , and , and eventually erm helium , some gas was found bubbling up through , from a pit in the Black Forest and , and analysed and found to be helium . |
| 8 | The move came as a new report revealed there are enough vehicles in London to fill a 75-lane M25 . |
| 9 | In view of the available evidence from the questions expressly asked there is little chance of disconfirming this view , although one may be inclined to regard it with a degree of scepticism . |
| 10 | Stevenson considered him thoughtfully but decided there was little profit in going on . |
| 11 | But none of this alters the fact that when she died there were more serfs in Russia than ever before and that they were worse treated than under any of her predecessors . |
| 12 | We should have known that once Singapore fell there was little hope of holding Burma . |
| 13 | Many felt there was little point in turning up . ’ |
| 14 | The Barclay Report ( 1982 ) on the role and tasks of social workers recognized the limitations of the prevailing ‘ one case/one worker ’ approach to social service provision and felt there was some merit in the neighbourhood- or community-based model of practice , using teams of diverse personnel , led by a professionally-trained worker . |
| 15 | ‘ Lightness ’ was not an easy charge for a religious sheikh to bear , especially if he felt there was some justification for the charge ; and in his heart of hearts , away from the public arena , Osman might well accept the need for some self-examination . |
| 16 | Although Carlson felt there was some connection with the chaos and anarchy erupting over the Althosian system he was sure none of the Freedom Party supporters would have devised such a ruthless method for annihilating the elite . |
| 17 | Apart from the 4-SUBS , traffic levels meant there was little chance for stock to fall out of the bottom of the cascade . |
| 18 | The cutting tool had a flat front face , like a chisel , and its action meant there was less impedance to the moving diaphragm , so the undulations could be greater . |
| 19 | He may also have been hit with a rifle butt afterwards.Joan Mann told the hearing that she understood there were several traitors in the Croat camp . |
| 20 | I watched Sir John take the path to Glastonbury and knew there was little point in tracking him any further . |
| 21 | ‘ We knew there was another side to the house , ’ said an NHAO man ; ‘ somebody was doing it . ’ |
| 22 | In his heart , Nigel knew there was some truth in what she was saying . |
| 23 | Yarranton in 1677 thought there were more people within a radius of ten miles of Dudley , and ‘ more money returned in a year ’ , than in the whole of four Midland farming counties . |
| 24 | what we 're dealing with is a small group of MP s who thought there were some advantages in the Paignton amendment I 've discussed it very thoroughly with them for some time , and they agree that there were real difficulties about the Paignton amendment which I 've now addressed |
| 25 | No footings were laid — the walls were built directly on the patio paving stones ; they have been there for years and I thought there was little chance of them subsiding . |
| 26 | For a moment Shelley thought there was another gleam of amusement behind those glasses at the shrill tone of her exclamation . |
| 27 | No I thought there was another bib in here , I 'll have to go and get you one out of the kitchen mate oh yes we have , yes we have |
| 28 | And he thought there was some chemistry between her and Lord Carrington ? |
| 29 | We thought there was some sort of divine providence which would somehow or other get us away . |
| 30 | Understanding men and women and relationships as I do , I thought there was more chance of it not working out and the rest is what one might call one 's intuition . |