Example sentences of "there [was/were] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot of people older than me with more experience of life . |
| 2 | ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’ |
| 3 | For some reason this inspires the barman to tell me there were a lot of good boxers in the 1980s because they were hungry . |
| 4 | There were a lot of policemen in surrounding streets and in the park adjoining the embassy from which the refugees have clambered into the grounds . |
| 5 | There were a lot of French-Canadian soldiers stationed in the area , together with British and Americans , and a weekly film show was put on for all-comers in the Methodist chapel on Saturday nights . |
| 6 | There were a lot of old blokes , and women , even some elderly women . |
| 7 | The club itself was mainly hippies — art students and hippies — there were a lot of drugs around and the Three Tuns used to stink of dope every week . |
| 8 | There were a lot of plants and the cats felt they were in a jungle of their own in the hall . |
| 9 | There were a lot of wonderful things about the organisation and about Tony DeFries — he really is a wonderful man and gave a lot of people a lot of opportunities , but we all took it so much for granted . |
| 10 | In 1988 Mr Purchase set up his exchange operation in a street where there were a lot of junkies . |
| 11 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 12 | ‘ There were a lot of seductive scenes and that sort of stuff and a lot of characters that were a complete copy of Charlene and I wanted to get away from that . ’ |
| 13 | Howard Keizner , of Landlords , said : ‘ There were a lot of complications with this particular letting and management . ’ |
| 14 | There were a lot of dots and squiggles and he said that it was a picture of the crocodile eating Captain Hook . |
| 15 | ‘ There were a lot of one-offs in the figures . ’ |
| 16 | There were a lot of purchases of utility stocks — especially BT partly-paid . ’ |
| 17 | There were a lot of people around . |
| 18 | There were a lot of people like that . ’ |
| 19 | There were a lot of holiday-makers currently in Heymouth , as it was an extremely popular resort . |
| 20 | ‘ There were a lot of rooms in my house and people could take their private little trips . |
| 21 | ‘ I thought there were a lot of good things happening on the Herald . |
| 22 | There were a lot of complicated lifts , and Hayden found some moments of the opening duet highly erotic ; the witches and other apparitions were given some ghoulishly eccentric movements . |
| 23 | To that extent there was greater cohesion in Cabinet , because there were a lot of new faces who owed their promotion much more to her than to their record in the party . |
| 24 | There were a lot of civilian girls there , wearing short , flared skirts and matching pants , and to see the way the men swung the girls up under their arms and even over their heads was quite an eye-opener . |
| 25 | ‘ They looked like beggars ; there were a lot of them . |
| 26 | There were a lot of people about everywhere , but no one looked my way twice . |
| 27 | There were a lot of half-familiar faces in the crowds ; the enthusiastic racegoers from the train . |
| 28 | As you can imagine there were a lot of champagne bottles opened that night , but perhaps the most pleasurable glass of all came the next morning from the bottle in Peter Wycherley 's office at the headquarters of Dunlop Slazenger who are my main sponsors . |
| 29 | ‘ By that time , also , there were a lot of blues albums being reissued , like Otis Rush 's ‘ Groaning the Blues ’ which he had recorded in the late '50s with Ike Turner producing , and it had some of the best blues tunes on it , and some of the best playing I have ever heard . |
| 30 | In the old days there were a lot of acoustic songs , and a lot of switching . |