Example sentences of "there was [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even lower percentages are estimated for Shorea ovalis ( Dipterocarpaceae ) in Malesia , where there was 83% abortion , possibly due to the failure of pollination , while 90% of the survivors were killed by a single insect predator species before being dropped . |
| 2 | The last group all took the certificate , and there was 100% pass rate . |
| 3 | Well speaking personally I had plenty of amusement butt here was pictures and there was mess dos and parties and what not . |
| 4 | There was communists , there was I M Ps , there were Labour Party men , and at that time there was a unity campaign . |
| 5 | There was drug paraphernalia all over the house . |
| 6 | It 's quite interesting that it 's the theatre that 's doing it , I was on a course last week in Sussex , a management course and there was Bradford theatre companies were there erm , from all the different theatres and they , they organize it and they organize the volunteers |
| 7 | I was on my knees , there was orange juice and broken plates and food and coffee everywhere and Sheridan was saying loudly it was my fault for being clumsy . ’ |
| 8 | Managers came and went at an alarming rate ; there was Board Room take-over ; gates began to dwindle and the Palace were candidates for relegation from well before Christmas . |
| 9 | There was Desmond Dekker , Laurel Aitken , ( who claimed to be the father of ska ) , Bob Marley , Harry J and the All-Stars . |
| 10 | Her fuel tanks were filled with diesel , the last fresh water was aboard , there was sun-tan lotion and lip-salve in every cabin , and the rotted chicken heads were safe in the freezer . |
| 11 | One of my first contacts there was Frank Mah , who with his clever wife Mary , became close personal and family friends for many years . |
| 12 | The corrosion emanated from the joint between the bottom of the pressure dome and the fuselage and there was nicotine tar staining on the edge of the corroded area indicating that it had developed over a relatively long period . |
| 13 | In the fortunate event of no major occurrence in any particular year , would the premiums be waived for the following year , or if there was profit distribution who would benefit ? |
| 14 | all that was there was Mark Hall House , was n't there , the , the church and the vicarage |
| 15 | There was plaster dust on her miniskirt and bruises on her legs ; apart from that , her dizziness and obvious distress , she looked to be physically all right . |
| 16 | There was Albert King 's ‘ Blues Is King ’ . |
| 17 | After all , there was Owen Jones . |
| 18 | And what we used to do to begin with the canal used to dip in the middle , you know there was bike wheels and dead cats and everything in it , and it used to dip and , and there was a sludge and , and the barges used to go up and down with a horse pulling them , and in the middle there was a , so you could n't bottom it in the middle , so when I learnt to swim I used to dive off this ledge and go under the water so far and I , I could reach the bottom when I got to the other side . |
| 19 | There was William Foreman , a pioneer of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants , Alexander Wilkie , the general secretary of the Associated Society of Shipwrights and former MP for Dundee , and there were John Wilson and William Crawford of the Durham Miners , both Members of Parliament for divisions of the County Palatine in the 1880s , not to mention one of the most respected leaders of his day , Robert Knight of the Boilermakers to whom we owe the present day Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions . |
| 20 | Then there was William Henry 's wife Mary , and his niece , Mary Hannah , who unfortunately lost both parents when she was young and came to make her home with them . |
| 21 | In addition there was standing room for 1,000 . |
| 22 | Once the choir had filed into their places there was standing room only , and even Mr Salmon , wearing a long black coat and deep-brimmed black hat , was among those who were to be found huddled at the back . |
| 23 | Additional difficulties in this piece of work lay in distinguishing if there was brain failure , a part of the dementing process , or a life-long pattern of domineering behaviour within the household accompanied by short term memory lapses . |
| 24 | Then there was Bill Barron , born in Herrington in 1917 , who played his early cricket for Philadelphia and Durham County ( 21 appearances , 929 runs , average 33 . ) |
| 25 | Then there was East Thorngarth Hill , and the Simpsons . |
| 26 | For the bureaucratic minded there was camp administration , and there were good and bad bureaucrats . |
| 27 | Then there was Cedric Downes . |
| 28 | Over on ‘ the other side ’ there was Benny Hill , Hughie Green , and sexy vaudeville fun from the likes of Norman Vaughan , Gracie Fields , Frankie Howerd , Italian mouse puppet Topo Gigio , Tommy Trinder and ( some years later ) The Rolling Stones on Sunday night At The London Palladium . |
| 29 | There was el grip , el backthwing , el bunkershot , el drive and el putt . |
| 30 | She said : ‘ There was Marius Durance , naturally , and Sabine , of course and … but you would n't know of the others . |