Example sentences of "that there [vb past] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like us , he reckoned that there 'd been another man there . |
| 2 | Comparing , for fixed-term contract workers , the results of the 1984 survey with those of the 1980 survey we found that there had been little change . |
| 3 | Three-quarters felt that there had been little feedback following its presentation . |
| 4 | The report showed that there had been many changes and improvements since 1986 , but that some deficiencies remain . |
| 5 | On Jan. 25 , however , Tanjug quoted statements by four refugees from Shkodër who said that anti-Stalinist demonstrations had taken place there on Jan. 11 and 14 , involving up to 7,000 people ; that there had been many arrests ; and that police reinforcements were patrolling the city and the surrounding area . |
| 6 | Then the farmer admitted that there had been many applicants for the job already , but each had been driven out of the stall by the horse . |
| 7 | He revealed that there had been several Iranian-US contacts " in the last few days " through the Swiss embassy in Tehran . |
| 8 | Same-Lamborghini 's UK importer agreed that there had been some problems with the quality of cab fittings on some early models . |
| 9 | ‘ If the parties have agreed the basis of taxation it would , I think , be an improper exercise of the court 's discretion to direct the taxation on some other basis , unless satisfied that there had been some conduct on the part of the mortgagee disentitling him to costs or to costs on the agreed basis . |
| 10 | The letter was brief , and couched in the most guarded terms ; it reported a half-yearly profit to the end of December , but also added that there had been some deterioration in the product and requested a fresh consignment , preferably of foreign origin . |
| 11 | Initial reports from the site indicated that there had been some damage to buildings at the camp site , some distance from the gas plant , but that the plant itself remained unscathed . |
| 12 | The memory of it revitalised a bonny smile but he was aware that there had been some anxiety in his corner . |
| 13 | His new girl-friend was also examined and nothing abnormal was found , although she did say that there had been some increase in her vaginal discharge for some months . |
| 14 | Alida went out and stared at the empty letter cage in the hall , called sharply after the man , that there had been some mistake . |
| 15 | The last faint hope that there had been some mistake died . |
| 16 | In that era , notes Forster , if you had ‘ Venetian ’ tendencies , you thought it was because you were meant to be a man and that there had been some mistake . |
| 17 | Annabel wished that there had been some way young Eve could have been sent to university too . |
| 18 | Government officials also confirmed that there had been some forewarning of the rebel attack but that the magnitude of it had been unexpected . |
| 19 | This is exactly the way the band saw it and , when pushed , certain employees of Rough Trade agreed that there had been some kind of promotional foul-up . |
| 20 | By the end of the project we could report that there had been some changes and developments in practice . |
| 21 | His first observation was that there had been some difference of opinion among the volunteers at Ropley . |
| 22 | The 1844 Report hints however that there had been some decline in standards at the lower end of the School , and urged that " prior to admission the Boys should be able to read and write and have learned the first principles of English grammar . |
| 23 | Xinhua also noted that there had been some unrest at Beijing University late on June 3 . |
| 24 | On the one hand , only three per cent of credit buyers said that there had been any difficulty getting the sort of terms they wanted — more or less regardless of what type-of credit they actually used , or of their socio-economic background . |
| 25 | We did not claim that there had been any cases of poisoning in Britain , but referred to the numerous American cases ( FDA Drug Bulletin 1977 , vol 7 , p 26 ; New England Journal of Medicine 1979 , vol 300 , p 238 ) . |
| 26 | On March 13 the Greek government denied that there had been any interference in Albania 's internal affairs , and dissociated itself from a recent declaration by the Metropolitan of Konitsa in which the archbishop had urged Greek Albanians to return to Albania in order to vote in the elections . |
| 27 | The magistrate , Mr S.K. Upadhyaya , resplendent among the dusty villagers in a navy blazer and a silver-tipped walking stick , denied that there had been any attempt to intimidate voters . |
| 28 | Mrs. Healey denied that there had been any collision and proposed to call expert evidence to prove that any damage to the plaintiff 's car could not have been done by her car . |
| 29 | The authorities denied that there had been any insider trading by dealers anticipating price rises resulting from the March 21 suspension of trading . |
| 30 | It was the first time in the campaign that there had been any rapport between the embattled figures on the platform and the assembled press and television correspondents . |