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 . |