Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew she lived alone , and wasted no breath reminding her there was no-one there to look after her . |
| 2 | There was nothing else to do with him ; theatrical landladies did n't offer babysitting with the rent . |
| 3 | When I realised there was nothing else to do in the world but write my own songs and play , that 's when I brought them out and did them . |
| 4 | How could she , how could she not remember , there was nothing else to think of , nothing to get in her way , to confuse her . |
| 5 | There was nobody else to turn to . |
| 6 | but they were always a bit erm unhappy when they gave up so much time and er there was nobody there to listen to them when when they got there . |
| 7 | So , this was something else to add to the list of things that Guido cared about . |
| 8 | Was it best to interfere with the cat 's instinct to play with its catch — or should I have left nature to her cruelty ? |
| 9 | Was it just electrical power — hence the staggering sight of all the massed Glories — or was it more to do with some human power the Worm had absorbed in its long sojourn under Monument Hill ? |