Example sentences of "[was/were] [ex0] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | As curiosities , these few loathsome relics are no doubt both valuable and interesting , but were there a heap of such dry rubbish , one would feel strongly disposed to make a bonfire of the whole , for it looks nothing fit for anything else . |
| 2 | Were , were there a lot of erm sort of small workshops like yours , a few years ago when you |
| 3 | Were there a lot of air raids at that time ? |
| 4 | were there a number of brochures therefore printed sir ? |
| 5 | Mr Kerrigan asked : ‘ Were there a lot of happy beaming employees high on drugs , greeting customers in the most amicable fashion , grinning from one ear to the other because they were so relaxed with the drugs ? ’ |
| 6 | Were the markets , erm were there a lot of stalls in the markets ? |
| 7 | Were there a lot of these er particularly amongst the older men and the and the inspectors and that that kind of thing , were there a And you 've talked about , a lot of the old ideas were still |
| 8 | Were there a lot of these er particularly amongst the older men and the and the inspectors and that that kind of thing , were there a And you 've talked about , a lot of the old ideas were still |
| 9 | Were there a lot of other servants as well ? |
| 10 | Did you all go swimming or were there a lot of you not going today ? |
| 11 | ‘ W-was there a car crash — or did I dream it ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 12 | Was there a wind to swing the great plantation bell which he had brought home and hung on the oak beside the east gate ? |
| 13 | Was there a contingency plan to cover the loss of McGrath , Moran and Staunton ? |
| 14 | Was there a vote ? |
| 15 | Was there a choice ? |
| 16 | Was there a whiff of the Wild Wood ! |
| 17 | Was there a high level or a low level of class conflict during the inter-war years ? |
| 18 | Was there a hidden agenda behind this decision ? |
| 19 | As I have mentioned in previous chapters , at the time of a death complicated practical issues need to be decided : to bury or cremate ; was there a will and if not how do you organize probate ; how do you get hold of money from an account that is not in your name ; how do you register a death . |
| 20 | The Zuwaya had not settled every part of their historical record , nor was there a corpus of historical knowledge they had to study for its guidance and understanding . |
| 21 | Was there a good crowd ? ’ |
| 22 | Was there a cover-up wonders VChristy Campbell , or is the story just too good to be left alone ? |
| 23 | Was there a sense of calm and order in the classroom and corridors ? |
| 24 | Was there a sense of industry among the children ? |
| 25 | Only in Port of Spain , Trinidad , was there a station of any pretension . |
| 26 | Only at Nairobi , where the station created the city , was there a handsome building with a deep , shady , wooden valance along the platform side and a fine tapering clock-tower in the middle . |
| 27 | ‘ Was there a particular reason that caused you to look me up after all this time , James ? ’ |
| 28 | But was there a painting by Giordano in the Church of Santa Maria ? |
| 29 | Was there a letter from Joan ? |
| 30 | Not only was there a stigma of social disgrace which still lingered ; there was also the shadow of fear . |