Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] there the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I was there the night she exhumed her father 's body and had his rotting remains tossed into the Thames . |
| 4 | I was there the day her body was found . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He said they were there the whisky was flowing you know hypocrites ! |
| 8 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |
| 9 | It was there the Resistance hatched a bizarre plot to hide him : |