Example sentences of "[coord] there [was/were] not " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Finally Rose of Lima also had the great consolation of believing that she was doing a socially useful job — and there were not many of these available for women in the early seventeenth century . |
| 2 | I decided to keep them in the count because they gave an interesting sidelight on the history of lending libraries in England with some specific examples , and there were not too many of them . |
| 3 | Already the muster was a week late ; and there were not a few contingents still to come in , including the Regent 's own . |
| 4 | But such enthusiasts were not numerous , and there were not many of them in the papal Curia . |
| 5 | In a more relaxed moment — and there were not many of these Ken told Fenella that he always felt ‘ obliged to go much more out on a limb than most people . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was almost like a downhill in places and there was not enough security for us in case of falls . |
| 7 | The night was dark and still , and there was not a soul in sight . |
| 8 | He had been hurt so much by life that he had to laugh at it and there was not a trace of bitterness in him . |
| 9 | It was misty , and there was not a soul in sight , and I had the same eerie feeling which came over me sometimes in other parts of the village . |
| 10 | We were like a convoy of ships , save that our horizon was a trembling yellow band , and there was not even a wake to indicate our movement . |
| 11 | This was open desert , and there was not a dune in sight and it was firm underfoot . |
| 12 | It was a sickeningly familiar story and there was not much I could say , apart from expressing regret and understanding . |
| 13 | And the women were in their formals and they all sat down and there was not a laugh in the entire show . |
| 14 | But one fine day in early summer when the sky was blue and there was not a cloud in the sky , Maxine found herself cancelling an arrangement to meet a friend in town . |
| 15 | At Frankfurt Airport I found I had just missed one plane to London and there was not another for three hours . |
| 16 | And there was not , it seems , any finding that Duval 's pressure on his wife to sign constituted undue influence . |
| 17 | There had been no handkerchieves for him to work on for several days and there was not very much to eat for dinner . |
| 18 | The moon was low now , and there was not much light , but I could just see a small group of men on horses . |
| 19 | One woman ‘ decided to have a baby so I would n't be lonely in the house on my own and there was not much chance of me getting a job ’ . |
| 20 | And there was not even a pretence of mourning among the reporters and photographers who clogged Cookham churchyard and followed the cortège to Slough Crematorium and back . |
| 21 | There was not really time to think about Caspar and there was not really any energy to spare to think about him , either . |
| 22 | Sometimes Bernard would work all through the night and there was not a day in winter even in snowy , freezing weather when they would n't turn up and bring sandwiches and bottles to keep us all going . ’ |
| 23 | Superintendent Huddleston noted with evident self-satisfaction that ‘ everything worked without a hitch , and there was not a single accident of any kind ’ . |
| 24 | Q. If the cost of the work became so great , and there was not sufficient cash in the accounts to pay for it , who would then be responsible for the debt ? |
| 25 | was doing all right , but Norway spruce was doing very badly , because during the war during the Wintertime do you see , there was only the Menai Straits , there and there was not much salt in the air . |
| 26 | And there was not question of Laws being being er sent off for that . |
| 27 | Naylor was calling her bluff , and there was not a thing she could do about it — the swine ! |
| 28 | And there was not a great lot of the clover seeded about until they started with this wild white clover . |
| 29 | And there was not a lot unless the people had had three bits of beef . |
| 30 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |