Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there [was/were] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I was sceptical as to the Brighton affair , I could not help seeing that there was rather a look about Mr Wilson sometimes ; for instance when , as occasionally happened , his wife 's leg was too bad for her to go shopping and he went alone . |
| 2 | ( It might be noted in passing that there were scarcely any examples known to the social workers from any team of elderly people being referred from households where other family members were also clients . ) |
| 3 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
| 4 | Well , yes , it 's very interesting , but I 'm not sure it 's working in the same direction as almost implied by your question of implying that there was almost too much . |
| 5 | Well it 's very interesting , but I 'm not sure it 's working in the same direction as almost implied by your question of implying that there was almost too much . |
| 6 | In AD 685 St Cuthbert perambulated ‘ illis murum civitatis ’ and also saw a fountain working , implying that there was still a functioning aqueduct ; whether he was looking at the walls of a genuine town or of a fort is arguable . |
| 7 | Some were eating and there was always the chance when this happened that they might put something into the Cages for the eagles . |
| 8 | ‘ In our dealings with North West companies we find that many have shown increases in productivity and earnings , even during the recession , proving that they have been able to compete effectively in the international arena , ’ she said , adding that there was nevertheless no room for complacency . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , little love , ’ he breathed , and while from his adoring tone she knew herself forgiven , ‘ I — do n't know quite how to tell you this — ’ He paused , but , clearly deciding that there was only one way , he proceeded to completely stagger her when , ‘ It is a fact , my dear , that I did not , and never have , promised an interview to your sister , or to anyone else representing Verity magazine . ’ |
| 10 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 11 | Back down the beach , the Big Wheel was turning and there were even queues waiting to get on . |
| 12 | So we , we th that , that was er another good thing they , they got going but there was very little for , for nurses to do . |
| 13 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
| 14 | He turned to the wall where it should have been hanging but there was only an empty bracket . |
| 15 | While stating that there was now " no reason why non-nuclear-powered vessels can not call here " , he said that he had no immediate plansfor such a visit . |
| 16 | In June the same year the Lytham line re-opened with forty electric cars , which was an act of faith , considering that there were only ninety-two houses between South Shore and Ansdell ! |
| 17 | A spokesman from BICC was dismissive of the large choice of search firms available , considering that there were far too many ; once he had learned by experience and found good firms , he would stick to those he knew best , regardless of their size or type . |
| 18 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 19 | This has caused a certain amount of wrangling , with those stalwarts who had been at Down Royal through thick and thin — mostly thin — complaining because there were now too many layers to be accommodated . |
| 20 | It 's interesting , you 're talking about our first caller who was saying that there was just too much television coverage |
| 21 | I 'm not saying that there was n't an expectation that there would be a gradual move in there , and ultimately we would suffer and we would lose that level of grant . |
| 22 | You were right in saying that there was very bad press given to hormone replacement therapy in in the early days when they used very high doses of of er un er , of normal oestrogens and this caused an increase in the amount of end of uterus , uterine cancer and this I think has generally er mo mo mo ruined the course for for the older doctors because they still think that it 's associated with an increase in cancer and they have n't got up to date to realise that the more modern preparations are not causing this and that 's where I think th the problems li lie . |
| 23 | Here he bade me stay , saying that there was only the laboratory overhead , and that he did not wish me to enter there . |
| 24 | There was evidently a lot of preliminary discussion about the scheme among staff in schools , with only 5 per cent saying that there was only little . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In an unsigned editorial it tried to explain it by saying that there were too many explicit photographs of homosexual acts in the book ( Mapplethorpe takes pictures of oral sex , of a man pissing in the mouth of his partner and of men buggering each other in various ways , including with a fist ) , and that the authors had therefore not left enough space for his more restful images , such as his ‘ superb studies of people and flowers ’ , which the author of the editorial obviously sees as representing Mapplethorpe 's angelic side . |
| 27 | According to a State Education Commission investigation , various work units across the country had refused 5,500 graduates in 1987 , indicating that there were too many coming from the universities . |
| 28 | The industry was no longer floundering and there was far less chance of an idiosyncratic , sensational , or outspoken film . |
| 29 | Mrs Young appealed to Nell , asking if there was anywhere else that Xanthe could sleep , and Nell , consulting the ever-present clipboard , shook her head doubtfully . |
| 30 | ‘ Sometimes interviews can move in a different direction from the one you anticipate , ’ she said shortly , knowing that there was more than a grain of truth in what he 'd said . |