Example sentences of "there [was/were] a woman " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there were a woman in Stromness at a White Horse there were a garage in Stromness they call the White Hors . |
| 2 | Well there were a woman that used to have have that and they called her Maggie and she used to serve drinks there , whisky and that was before Stromness was voted dry you see . |
| 3 | There were a woman born and brought up there , she was Annie before we married , and her grandson is |
| 4 | At every gig we went to , there was a woman there — that 's what we wanted , we liked to see women hanging around the star attraction of the group because he was good-looking and he did stand out and look good on stage . |
| 5 | ‘ Now there was a woman ! ’ |
| 6 | There was a woman buying some lingerie for another . |
| 7 | There was a woman hired to do what she felt was a wife 's job . |
| 8 | There was a woman on the sofa beside Richard : as I watched , he pushed her down beside him and lay on top of her . |
| 9 | There was a woman in hot-pants who won , I ca n't think why , and a man came second who was dressed as a skeleton who climbed out of a coffin and sang . |
| 10 | There was a woman lying on the bed . |
| 11 | ‘ There was a woman in Hope who touched 107.8 . |
| 12 | If there was a woman in the house she was sloppy , and that did n't seem to go with Archer . |
| 13 | There was a woman standing at one of the second-storey windows when Gentle reached the intersection , just gazing out at the street . |
| 14 | There was a woman in the room . |
| 15 | Honor had had no idea that there was a woman in Timothy 's life and the news had taken every vestige of colour out of her face . |
| 16 | There was a woman newsreader , whose name sounded like Magda Tacker , and we soon called her Margaret Thatcher . |
| 17 | " There was a woman lived in Hall cottages when you girls were little , " said Mrs Newman , " used to feed her family on cat food . |
| 18 | There was a woman in the bed right enough . |
| 19 | There was a woman — presumably Miss Drax , the social worker , and a man with rather dark skin — clearly Williamson , the Trinidadian barrister . |
| 20 | There was a woman , and she often used this chair . |
| 21 | She remembered the time she had returned the coffee she had borrowed from him , and how she had instinctively known there was a woman waiting for him in this very room . |
| 22 | There was a woman and he was paying her off . ’ |
| 23 | And this time there was a woman sitting by the fire . |
| 24 | There was a woman called Wilkinson who could n't keep order in a birdcage . |
| 25 | In the garden of the cottage there was a woman weeding a rose-bed . |
| 26 | Always ready for a game , particularly if there was a woman involved . |
| 27 | She might be growing to detest the man more with every passing second , but she doubted there was a woman alive who could deny his sheer male beauty , or fail to be drawn to it on the most basic level . |
| 28 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 29 | ‘ There was a woman in the passenger 's seat . |
| 30 | Rory knew there was a woman in the question , a barmaid in Dundalk who was quite well off , considering , who had her own little place . |