Example sentences of "[noun] there [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This patient 's verbal output consisted almost entirely of content words there were almost no function words and no grammatical structure . |
| 2 | Beneath their opposition there was often an undercurrent of admiration and fellow-feeling . |
| 3 | During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there was also the possibility of informal adoption . |
| 4 | The valley ended quite suddenly in a massive amphitheatre of surrounding mountains rising to 7,000 ft , and as it had been a cold spring there was still a lot of snow . |
| 5 | He did n't think it was a case of God 's being vindictive , more a case of rules being rules and God having to administer them , like a caning head , and where there was Adultery there was always a Death , that was the way it was . |
| 6 | In its recommendations the report noted that while some kind of internal evaluation is part of good management practice for all organizations there was nevertheless an absence of external moderation of those evaluations . |
| 7 | But of fat fairies bearing hot sweet tea there was never a sign and the fingers of the station clock jerked away the minutes with maddening languor , the tedium of their watch being broken only by the intermittent arrivals and departure of train . |
| 8 | While he was enthusing about future advancements in the industry there was perhaps a hint of sadness in leaving it behind — but thoughts of the ‘ challenges of my new career ’ soon put back the sparkle in his eye . |
| 9 | When these characters were combined with letters in a third experiment there was again an increase in reaction time with set size for the RVF but only for letters , not for the typological characters . |
| 10 | He found that by giving the salt in low potency there was often an improvement in the patient 's well-being . |
| 11 | By the time we left the Parrot there was only an hour left to closing time . |
| 12 | For all the eight years I attended school in Parma there was always the problem of where to eat the midday meal at that time no school in Italy provided lunches . |
| 13 | After lunch there was always an interval during which the men remained seated , perhaps leaning their heads on the table for a pisolino , a nap — exhausted after all the eating , drinking and argument . |
| 14 | Cochinchina was a colony ; Tonkin was a protectorate ; while in Annam there was still an Emperor : with a French résident-supérieur at his shoulder who represented indirect but unmistakably sovereign French power . |
| 15 | In addition to the town plan there was now a six-inch Ordnance Survey map of the district pinned to the wall . |
| 16 | In sixteenth-century Spain there was usually a secretary of state with particular responsibility for carrying out the decisions of the king in foreign policy matters . |
| 17 | For a moment there was only the stillness and the boy watching , the soft soughing of the wind in the trees across the water and the faint , lulling call of pigeons in the wood . |
| 18 | His meal finished now , he stood and carried his plate and utensils to the sink , and for a moment there was only the sound of the water pump as he filled the kettle . |
| 19 | For a moment there was only the echo of his voice , then there was a sudden shuffling sound as , through one of the open doorways , appeared the black-clad figure of a grey-haired woman . |
| 20 | In the act of decoration there was both a love ritual and a death ritual . |
| 21 | In my parents ' expectations there was always an element of unspoken threat : you must do this , or else … |
| 22 | She reckoned that at this point , quite a few of them shed tears , but contrary to expectations there was apparently no Tiller flag hoisted or hymn sung . |
| 23 | In this period there was also a retailing boom ; by 1817 there were 153 fashion shops in London 's Oxford Street . |
| 24 | Despite this period there was always a mass of cloud and it was quite normal for us to go down to see if one could identify some feature . |
| 25 | Of the hundreds of prisoners who had escaped from the orphanage there were still a number hidden in the surrounding countryside , but I did not know where . |
| 26 | In this vision of rapid warfare there was still a place for great fortresses to provide temporary protection for frontiers and strategically vital areas during the crucial , disorganized days at the beginning of the campaign while the armies were assembling . |
| 27 | It still overlooks a bridge and in those days there was also a causeway to take the traveller over the marshy ground beyond . |
| 28 | If everything tumbled into place there was just a chance that they could be on the same ferry as the Renault , at 1330 hours the next day . |
| 29 | But by Sunday evening there was still no sign of him , and no telephone call to explain what was happening . |
| 30 | In all Boards there was certainly an increase in red tape and committee work , and perhaps a loss of initiative and an unwillingness to take responsibility among managers and engineers , and , in a very few cases , simple unchecked extravagance . |