Example sentences of "[verb] there [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | alright just shut up a minute , I 'm talking to ya , so she said afterwards oh I says that was good were n't it could n't even switch the machine on and she said it does n't matter does it , she said it 's not what happens its the way you deal with it , and I made a joke of it and I said to him oh this is good i n't it ? relax you 're in safe hands I ca n't even switch the machine on , but anyway I did it in the end and he was alright , and he said thank you very much , that was , you were very good , you were very kind , cos it is frightening and one thing I said to him do n't hold your breath , because people think when their having an E C G they 've got ta hold their breath for some reason , just lie there take a deep breath and do n't breathe again but you 've never had one so you would n't no , I 'm just going to mix this up |
2 | Furthermore , if the demand for full-time places increases , will there remain a sufficient number of part-time students to sustain the continuance of the courses ? |
3 | It is traffic-free ( motorised baggage trolleys ) which means that getting there involves a delightful half-hour train journey . |
4 | The majority of women employed there work a 15-hour week and consequently do n't pay a National Insurance stamp and lose maternity rights and pay . |
5 | It 's a kind of health farm and you go there to sample a simple lifestyle which Mongolians have been enduring for about 3,000 years and you are going to put up with for twenty-four hours . |
6 | I suppose that many people went there to support a particular person . |
7 | Most agreed there existed a certain vacuum . |
8 | And one day when she was working in her little garden slithering between the vine yams there came a green snake . |
9 | Just as he spoke there came a strange cry from across the moor . |
10 | Black immigration , recession , and the enormous purses which television can provide have meant there remain a ready supply of men willing to risk brain damage in the ring . |
11 | Despite the enormous amount of information we have already accumulated there remains a great deal to be learned and this is one of the special pleasures of animal-watching . |
12 | They sat there smiling a secretive smile . |
13 | According to Moscow radio reports there followed a renewed rampage by rioters through the city resulting in extensive damage . |