Example sentences of "[was/were] there the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One moment , and the gush went forth Of music-mingled laughter — The struggling splash and deathly shriek Were there the instant after . |
| 2 | While we were there the sun shone from a clear blue sky , birds skimmed over a translucent sea and amiable West Indians smiled at us . |
| 3 | He said they were there the whisky was flowing you know hypocrites ! |
| 4 | The week I was there the Stornoway Gazette had a page three article celebrating a fourth contract for the firm that would mean 120 jobs . |
| 5 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |
| 6 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |
| 7 | If Greg Martin was alive then was it possible … was there the chance that it was in any way possible that her mother was alive too ? |
| 8 | I was there the day her body was found . ’ |
| 9 | I was there the night that Madame made the first move in what I now see was a careful campaign to prepare Boy for this romance or meeting . |
| 10 | I was there the night she exhumed her father 's body and had his rotting remains tossed into the Thames . |
| 11 | Neither was there the level of ability among an elite of managers for decision making to take place at that level in the organisation and then to be passed down by functionaries , as in the French system . |
| 12 | There was certainly not the constant locking , unlocking and clanging of doors nor was there the feeling of oppression that is so often felt when moving around most prisons . |
| 13 | In her first year , it took her a day or two to settle down to London , but in her last year she was there the moment she stepped on the train . |
| 14 | This was there the captain would have done well to change the plan . |
| 15 | Professor Lock will no doubt correct me if I 'm wrong but from memory in neither of those cases was there the sort of provision in the development plan which you 're now seeking . |