Example sentences of "[was/were] [num] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 There were there were four there this morning when I went to work .
2 Yeah , it was five o'clock this morning when we got out of here .
3 The domestic political stress caused in West Germany by such an influx ( which also of course , further undermined the East German economy , since many were skilled and professional people ) was one very good reason why Bonn was prepared to pour aid into its neighbour .
4 She was getting ready to go out , however , when , in a flash of unwanted certainty , she knew that there was one very big reason why she should n't be attracted to Ven — because he was not attracted to her , and it was all one-sided , that was why !
5 It was seven o'clock Romanian time when they landed at Otopeni Airport .
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