Example sentences of "[adj] and there was a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It felt that this was wrong and there was a danger in an over-reliance on voluntary effort . |
| 2 | ‘ But one of the leading consultants said his calcium levels were too high and there was a danger that he might slip into a coma . |
| 3 | No half day Saturdays , half day Saturdays , yes and then er I , I used to stay waiting for mother to come and my sister er to do the shopping in Willenhall cos they would n't shop anywhere else , and then erm my brother used to come with his cycle and er I used to carry a lot of the shopping back and my brother used to push a lot on his , on his cycle and mother and my sister used to stay down and have another walk around , but we 'd got to walk it back I 'd come back on the wagonette so or just after the buses started but er I 'll never forget the first time the bus ran it was pouring with rain and my sister was standing in front of me and she 'd got a new mac on and of course we were getting very wet and there was a scramble to get on the bus and the lady in front of her had got a bag of flour and of course the bag burst and went all down her |
| 4 | Outside it was foggy and dark , but the room was bright and warm and there was a bottle of good whisky on the table . |
| 5 | Its herdbook was formed in 1892 and there was a breed society from 1920 to 1938 but it was reconstructed from a few remaining individuals , with the result that there was considerable inbreeding and a particularly popular bull , widely used for his whiteness , was later found to have spread a serious genetic defect ( hypoplasia ) correlated to the degree of whiteness . |
| 6 | But this was because it was one-sided , they used to lock it from the outside and there was a catch on the inside as they could put in . |
| 7 | He became abusive and violent and there was a struggle and the injured officer 's colleague managed to arrest him . |
| 8 | He became abusive and violent and there was a struggle and the injured officer 's colleague managed to arrest him . |
| 9 | The ground was lumpy and bumpy and there was a thistle somewhere that I kept rolling over on to , but I did n't care , I was helpless , and so was he . |
| 10 | We worked hard and there was a lot to worry about , but the fleet was still a family . |
| 11 | Her hands were cold and there was a dryness at the back of her throat . |
| 12 | The gates were all closed and there was a mother and a daughter who was pregnant and walking around it . |
| 13 | That night there had been a dinner for some of his London friends , they sat up late and there was a kind of wager , they went out into the park , it was a chilly night , and Simon in his evening clothes jumped into the water-piece . |
| 14 | She ran to meet him , weak with relief , but he was very vague as to why he was late and there was a remoteness about him that she could not penetrate . |
| 15 | But before that , ‘ unfortunately , their domestic life was n't very happy and there was a period in their lives when they both lived in the same house but did n't speak to one another . |
| 16 | He rang at twelve-thirty-five and there was a train at twelve-forty-five . |
| 17 | Inside it was cool and there was a seat that took the weight off her swollen feet , and they watched as gleaming brass plates were trailed in front of their eyes with the regularity of a hypnotist 's charm , and she looked at Dan and he said no thanks and walked out . |
| 18 | Blanche was confined to bed most of the time ; he did n't stay long because she was so weary and there was a nurse who bustled him out . |
| 19 | Why could n't he have a Ford ? ) was outside No. 16 and there was a builder 's flat-backed truck parked in front of it . |
| 20 | She had her mouth open and there was a hole in her top lip . |
| 21 | The doors had come open and there was a voice on a public address system shouting something . |
| 22 | His hand was open and there was a touch of laughter in his voice as he said , ‘ What would you do ? where would you go , if you do n't intend to go into some other man 's house ? ’ |
| 23 | The baker and the newsagent were open and there was a light on in the Carabinieri station that stood between them . |
| 24 | In addition , the pace of wage reduction fell and only one-eighth of the amount was taken off the weekly wage bill between 1930–3 as was taken from the net weekly wage bill for 192 1.47 Also , there was little to suggest that the pattern and the style of industrial relations was greatly altered by the General Strike : the number of workers on strike and the number of days of work lost were already declining well before 1926 and there was a rise of industrial militancy in the late 1920s and early 1930s as unions attempted to resist the further wage cuts being advocated by employers . |
| 25 | Dana had been badly shaken ; her clothes were dusty and there was a tear in the red shorts she was wearing . |
| 26 | She noticed his collarless shirt was faintly grimy and there was a button missing . |
| 27 | Stephen 's dark blue eyes were very bright and there was a flush on his cheekbones . |
| 28 | Heidrick and Struggles had a difficult time when the founders , Gardner Heidrick and John Struggles , left the firm in the early 1980s and there was a period of turmoil until an international partnership structure emerged . |
| 29 | The concert was at 2.30 and there was a rehearsal in the morning . |