Example sentences of "be [v-ing] [conj] there [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to the wall where it should have been hanging but there was only an empty bracket . |
| 2 | Some were eating and there was always the chance when this happened that they might put something into the Cages for the eagles . |
| 3 | Just in ease you were thinking that there was nevertheless a basic difference between you and that bacterium ( not to mention the cat ) , there are two types of important complicated molecules shared by all of our planet 's lifeforms : nucleic acids and proteins . |
| 4 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
| 5 | Back down the beach , the Big Wheel was turning and there were even queues waiting to get on . |
| 6 | Somebody mind you was on about Torbay this morning on the radio I think it was saying that there were so many complaints and nurses are under such great stress . |
| 7 | It 's interesting , you 're talking about our first caller who was saying that there was just too much television coverage |
| 8 | She added that the number of people who opted for cremation was increasing although there was still a section of society to whom cremation was unthinkable . |