Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] there be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She obviously decided there was more to life than a ship 's doctor had to offer . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But as much as I 'd like to continue playing for the North , I suddenly thought there 's more to life than sitting on the M1 . |
| 3 | First of all I thought he was just some little fledgling that had fallen out of its nest , but I very soon realized there was more to him than that . " |
| 4 | Finally the critical element in outcome is effectiveness but as already mentioned there are still big gaps in our knowledge of the effects of many procedures both at the individual and population level . |
| 5 | Oh yes it 's er no I think there If we just bothered there are enough or almost enough herbs to cure any Most of the common troubles . |
| 6 | The only dog I ever saw there was very clean , and very small , only about ten centimetres high . |
| 7 | During the time Nicholas was in jail , the Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , always insisted there was only so much he could do to help : |
| 8 | He also said there was as much chance of a player becoming injured by falling down the stairs as playing for Essex , but admitted there was a conflict of interest which he hoped to resolve in the very near future . |
| 9 | The Premier also said there was still the option of an American peace envoy being appointed to oversee developments in Ulster — if the talks failed to get under way again . |
| 10 | Wilson knew that some visiting Americans had let it be widely known in Florence that they considered Mrs Browning little more than a ghost and though she had laughed such gossip to scorn she now saw there was perhaps real cause for alarm . |
| 11 | Never before had there been so savage a fiscal squeeze ; not since the thirties had there been a comparable increase in unemployment , now approaching 3 million . |
| 12 | Never before had there been as many as nine of his members in a Masters field and every one of them made the cut . |
| 13 | Terry 's move at least meant there was now more space and I moved across to where Terry had been . |
| 14 | Skiers there said there was always a chance something would go wrong . |
| 15 | Robbie flinched , tried to retreat and once again found there was nowhere to retreat to . |
| 16 | Cash channelled to each arm of Spiderglass — I never realized there were so many ! |
| 17 | If he truly believed there was more to her actions , if he had married her to protect her life or reputation , why could n't he spare a few insignificant minutes to listen to her now ? |
| 18 | And I never knew there was actually a proper song to it , I thought it was one we 'd made up junior school . |
| 19 | Their veteran prop Kevin Ward commented : ‘ I never knew there was so much intense rivalry between the two clubs until I came to St Helens . |
| 20 | ‘ I never knew there was so much going on in the world , ’ she said to John one day . |
| 21 | I never knew there were so many E-flats in it . |
| 22 | ‘ I never knew there were so many different types of stout . |
| 23 | I never knew there were so many Irish pubs in London . |