Example sentences of "can [adv] [verb] that there [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is important because , in the early days of life when replicators first arose , we can not suppose that there were enzymes around to help them to replicate . |
| 2 | Therefore , one can not claim that there was any potential for real dependence , although Leapor might easily have exchanged flattery for profit in the circumstances . |
| 3 | We remained on first-name terms , they became my patients , but I can not say that there was any particular relationship between us . ’ |
| 4 | I can truthfully say that there were about a hundred people , male , female , young , old , and of all races , happily training their dogs , all spurred on by the infectious enthusiasm of Dave Lower and the committee of the Meridian Rottweiler Club , who all muck in to help . |
| 5 | In the same way we can now tell that there were two engravers working at the mint of Rome under the Roman Emperor Vespasian . |