Example sentences of "there be [adv] the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are only the smallest of delicately dropped clues as to how and why they ended up with the social skills of a herd of rhinos . |
| 2 | There were just the two of us . |
| 3 | There were just the two of them . |
| 4 | There were just the three of them , with Chamberlain holding one man 's future or the other 's in the palm of his hand . |
| 5 | The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe . |
| 6 | ‘ There were only the three of them . ’ |
| 7 | You ca n't have family snaps when there 's just the two of you and a cat . |
| 8 | ‘ There 's just the two of them , ’ said George . |
| 9 | It 's always a little tense when there 's just the four of us . |
| 10 | ‘ With no relatives on either side , there 's only the four of us , and we 've always been very close . ’ |
| 11 | We er well I mean there 's only the two of us |
| 12 | There is also the nitty-gritty of money . ’ |
| 13 | And now in the firelight there is only the best of music to play . |
| 14 | There was still the faintest of chances that Mickey Annan might still be among the living . |
| 15 | There was only the thinnest of pretence that the Soviet Union embodied ideas of socialism or communism or human development . |
| 16 | all , you know when it was transferred there was only the two of us . |
| 17 | Or maybe he 's remembered some other time in the heat and dirt and anger when there was only the two of us , and the world had burst into flames . |
| 18 | There was only the slightest of pauses for communal reflection before twenty-nine pairs of shoes were duly launched at the teacher in charge . |