Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] there was [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 | The potatoes were so filling that there was n't a great deal of room left for all the other foods they usually ate . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Some were eating and there was always the chance when this happened that they might put something into the Cages for the eagles . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Her face flamed and she glared at him , wondering if there was n't a grain of truth in what he said . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I knew I was lying but there was n't anything I could do about it . |
| 12 | He turned to the wall where it should have been hanging but there was only an empty bracket . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's interesting , you 're talking about our first caller who was saying that there was just too much television coverage |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Here he bade me stay , saying that there was only the laboratory overhead , and that he did not wish me to enter there . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The industry was no longer floundering and there was far less chance of an idiosyncratic , sensational , or outspoken film . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | Not only did the king have a spare hour for what turned out to be an excellent interview in the palace gardens , but on learning that there was now no plane to take us home until Monday , laid on two helicopters to take us all on a Sunday outing to Petra ( the ‘ rose red city half as old as time ’ ) , then on to Aqaba on the Red Sea for lunch and a swim , and home across the desert and the black tents of the Bedouins in the evening . |
| 23 | An attempt to burn down a warehouse at Stockport was followed by rumours of secret gatherings , armings and oath taking and there was certainly talk of a general rising . |
| 24 | She added that the number of people who opted for cremation was increasing although there was still a section of society to whom cremation was unthinkable . |
| 25 | So erm in spite of all the odds of trying to get a candidates a at the beginning , and finding that there was n't one available , and it would n't Is n't one e well not did n't exist . |
| 26 | Hertfordshire planning authority suggested that the company direct its attentions elsewhere , possibly Bedfordshire or Milton Keynes , arguing that there was almost full employment in the county and the council was under extreme pressure from environmental groups not to permit any further industrial or commercial development . |
| 27 | Dimly , in what seemed at that moment to have been another existence altogether , she remembered Jurgen and Horst arguing that there was actually something dynamic and hopeful about the forces of good and innocence being so demonstrably at risk from the satanic . |
| 28 | However , I could n't help thinking that there was n't enough attention paid to the more natural types , the emphasis being instead on sharp or heavily mid-biased sounds . |
| 29 | Just in ease you were thinking that there was nevertheless a basic difference between you and that bacterium ( not to mention the cat ) , there are two types of important complicated molecules shared by all of our planet 's lifeforms : nucleic acids and proteins . |
| 30 | She was also discovering that there was more to Sean O'Farrell than the frivolous charm which he presented to the world . |