Example sentences of "[ex0] was [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His fingers were bloody and in his eyes there was such despair that I could not stand it and went out into the filthy courtyard ’ . |
| 2 | Perhaps in the days of the New Testament church there was such love that witnessing simply flowed . |
| 3 | ( b ) Implied permission A person who claims that he had implied permission to enter premises must prove that there was such permission . |
| 4 | A major reason why there was such variation was that the studies used quite different case definitions of sexual abuse , many of which included a number of elements . |
| 5 | There was such suffering in the huge dark eyes , such a tremble about the pinched mouth , that all her instincts were to rush forward and abase herself and beg to be allowed to offer comfort . |
| 6 | There was such loneliness . |
| 7 | His daughter , then five years old , was asked whether she understood why there was such excitement . |
| 8 | There was such relief to be found too in his physical presence — to be held by him , to feel his strength reassured her . |
| 9 | There was such peace in the eyes which were looking so honestly into hers . |
| 10 | At all events , Mr. Nicholls was content in the present case to proceed on the basis of the law as stated in Reg. v. Galbraith , and on that basis he submitted that the magistrate was entitled , on the evidence before him , to conclude that there was such evidence before him as would justify the committal of the applicant , the question of the reliability of Price 's evidence being a matter for the Swedish court . |
| 11 | There was such tenderness in his face as he studied the tears flowing down her cheeks that she cried all the harder . |
| 12 | Out on the pathway leading to the gate he took her arm , saying , ‘ She gets dafter as she gets older , ’ but there was such warmth in his tone that his words could have been translated as , ‘ Is n't she marvellous ! ’ |
| 13 | There was such regret , such a bleakness in his eyes that Lissa turned away , her soul crying out in anguish because it was plain for anyone to see how much he cared for this woman who had betrayed him . |
| 14 | If there was such magic in the world — and tonight Gentle could believe it — the assassin was not an adept . |
| 15 | There was such urgency in Woil 's commands that Creggan did not hesitate . |
| 16 | There was such disruption at the entrance to Olympia that the start of the meeting had to be delayed for half an hour . |
| 17 | There was such comfort , such happiness with him that she could only sigh with pleasure . |
| 18 | If there was such danger , you 'd be dead , would n't you ? |
| 19 | But there was such sincerity and seriousness in his tone , he seemed so absolutely honest , just , and human , that nobody doubted his word . |
| 20 | And then he had turned his head and seen that Grainne was watching him , and a sudden , surprised joy unfolded within his heart , for there was such desire in her eyes that lights exploded inside his head , and he wanted to stand still and savour the moment . |
| 21 | There was such stillness in him that when he moved it was like something dead had come alive again . |
| 22 | Since there was neither oxygen to fuel the processes of decay nor any scavenging animals to feed on the bodies and destroy them , the tiny carcasses remained complete as the settling mud particles slowly entombed them . |
| 23 | It should never got any , any attention in the press , yet there was all bits in the Sunday Times , Darwin disproved . |
| 24 | and er the children used to play on the banks of the Nile early in the morning when they got up , there was all sand there . |
| 25 | It was a door to a storeroom and inside this store there was all video equipment , catering equipment |
| 26 | And er the pills , all different sorts of pills , , Doctor pills , er there was all kinds of pills in those days that you could take to you know , to stop you from having them you see . |
| 27 | And so every night when they got home there was all kinds of people , I mean you know say miners and anybody as well , they all surrounded this house and when the police brought him in , of course they were booing and all this business you see . |
| 28 | Well there was all concrete and all sorts on the top of that were n't there ? |
| 29 | Unlike Faulkner 's discussion group , the Parliamentarians could and did agitate for action to be taken on certain issues for which there was all party support . |
| 30 | It 's in there because you ca n't have executive style cabinet government in local government unless you pay executive councillors executive salaries , it 's got nothing to do with the idea of you getting thirty five pounds rather than thirty three if we stay here all day erm I would just , I 'm really wisely advised to make one point er Mr er was c wondering why this did n't have majority support actually most of it did I think Mr will confirm that he and his colleagues were happy to support all of the proposed responses from A to J on page thirty and thirty one but were not happy with response B and I would like to er that erm that er when our responses do go forward it is made clear that apart from little paragraph B there was all party support because I really feel that our local authority associates need to know that and erm I hope that will be little B was er a piece that erm certainly I and my colleagues supported er , rather . |