Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adj] [noun] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were four daughters-in-law in their hareem , all from important Sheikh families . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , there were four situations in which an ‘ extended ’ multi-generational family was , at least transitionally , a regular practice . |
| 3 | There were endless ways in which he could have made my activities seem a nuisance , positively damaging to our marriage , or — which would have been worst of all — merely trivial . |
| 4 | There were normal things in it ; there were chairs and a table , on the table was a water jug , a bowl of food of some kind , fruit . |
| 5 | There were protracted delays in their trial until they appeared before a magistrate in Liverpool on February 9 last year . |
| 6 | There were tigerish glints in her brown eyes ; it was extraordinary , he thought , how anger made some women more beautiful . |
| 7 | It is necessary to find out as precisely as possible how often it was committed , whether or not there were regional variations in its frequency , and if there were changes over time . |
| 8 | Amidst all this evidence of the effects of unlimited destructive powers unleashed , there were small pockets in which some remarkable things survived — delicate china cups , corked bottles of water , still drinkable , little packets of starch in which the granules were untouched ; even a street fountain still splashed cold drinking water in one of the ruined streets . |
| 9 | His hands were scratched and dusty and there were small rips in his sweater . |
| 10 | The wall was crumbling and there were great gaps in it . |
| 11 | Her head throbbed and there were stupid tears in her eyes ; so it took her a while to realize that it was the shell Adam had given her . |
| 12 | Suddenly he looked tired , and there were deep furrows in his brow as his eyes scanned her for an instant . |
| 13 | There were long articles in them , about a book called Jane Eyre , by Currer Bell . |
| 14 | If she did , he would know at once that there were certain ways in which he could still get to her . |
| 15 | Yet in that fantastic cavalcade of monsters , freaks and angels , there were two moments in which I recognized something of myself . |
| 16 | There were two girls in my room in Hut 6 who drew my admiration . |
| 17 | There were two areas in which this assumption could be explored . |
| 18 | I wish to state however that there were two areas in his evidence which I found myself totally unable to accept . |
| 19 | There were two doggies in their pens still sparkers you know where they 've had things |
| 20 | There were two ways in which the outside world might have prevented this . |
| 21 | Because , as far as Juliet could see , there were two ways in which Donna could have received her AB blood group . |
| 22 | As Table 8.6 indicates , between 1980/81 and 1987/88 there were two years in which reductions in expenditure in real terms were achieved . |
| 23 | He said that there were two situations in which the court would not enforce a clause : ( a ) if at the time of making the contract it is seen that it may in the future operate unfairly or unreasonably ; or ( b ) if after the time of making the contract it is found to operate unreasonably or unfairly even if those circumstances were not envisaged beforehand . |
| 24 | There were two centuries in their total , scored by Marshall Kilgore and Ireland 's batsman Stephen Smyth . |
| 25 | There were other ways in which the years 1938–43 can be seen as a continuum in which reforming hopes of the interwar years no longer had to be deferred . |
| 26 | There were many regrets in her life , but her beloved son was not one of them . |
| 27 | There were many highlights in her career as a campaigner for women 's rights , but it may be that her greatest contribution was the way she inspired others . |
| 28 | There were many pluses in what was the best performance of the season so far , home or away . |
| 29 | Examinations aside — there were many ways in which the unlucky , rather than the unwary , could slither down . |
| 30 | The authors surveyed forty-three high performance companies in the United States to see if there were common factors in their success . |