Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] any [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean were , were there any sort of political issues she felt very strongly about ? |
| 2 | Er , were there any sort of distortions there in the second half period ? |
| 3 | But somehow they are wrong , for at every stage of this incredible race — at every stage , that is , bar the one that matters , at the winning post — the only rightful winner had to be Crisp , whose astonishing display of galloping and jumping in the toughest race in the calendar must , were there any justice in the world , have been blessed with success . |
| 4 | Neither was there any liability for loss of profit on the sale of the lobsters . |
| 5 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 6 | But if the grantor died in the Crusades , was there any way in which his family could prevent the grantee from taking the benefit for himself ? |
| 7 | No breach of any of the Rules of the Supreme Court was committed nor was there any element of unfairness to M. in the post-committal procedure that was followed . |
| 8 | Was there any discussion on further Community support for the regions such as Portugal , Greece and Northern Ireland ? |
| 9 | was there any discussion about the difference between the service charges and the management charge ? |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , what did it look like ; was there any hair on it ? ’ |
| 11 | Only by propping it up , and cleaning it up ( and in the process uniting with it ) , was there any chance of stability . |
| 12 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 13 | Edmund Mortimer , with blood running down inside the plates of his armour , heaved his mount out of the mire and up to firm ground , and wheeled to take his first brief survey of the field , and locate the main body of the Welsh cavalry , for only in hand-to-hand combat with them was there any respite from the steady and murderous attentions of the bowmen above . |
| 14 | There was no response to this , nor was there any payment of rent or news of any proposed assignment . |
| 15 | Was there any hope for him ? |
| 16 | Nor was there any hope of going back into football — unless the authorities could be persuaded to lift their ban on him . |
| 17 | Neither was there any reference to Iraq , and it seems from the wording of one report on the proceedings , to the effect that ‘ the UN implicitly criticizes Iran ’ , that here was a resolution with human characteristics , one capable of being all things to all men . |
| 18 | ‘ Was there any reference to my departure … into the wood ? ’ |
| 19 | Only in the years after the Napoleonic Wars was there any threat to this pattern , and that came from a maverick member of the group . |
| 20 | Nor was there any issue between pope and king large enough to suggest such a notion . |
| 21 | Only in London and Liverpool was there any tradition of Mat building that went back to the middle of the nineteenth century . |
| 22 | At no time in the intervening period was there any possibility of the Labour Party replacing the National , predominantly Conservative , government . |
| 23 | The Socialist League still took the view that only through work in the Labour Party was there any possibility of building a united labour movement . |
| 24 | ‘ Nor was there any plan for Saunders to have any share in it at all , ’ he added . |
| 25 | Neither , for the record , was there any admission of liability and in no way was it conceded that ‘ passive smoking ’ caused her alleged illness . |
| 26 | Only in the Empress 's own apartments was there any sign of normality , where Eugénie had installed herself with her personal maid , her secretary and a handful of courtiers who had come from Saint Cloud to be with her . |
| 27 | Nor was there any sign of diplomatic clearance for Algeria , Niger and Nigeria . |
| 28 | Was there any friction during Garland 's visit here on Monday afternoon ? ’ |
| 29 | Thirdly , that there was no evidence , nor indeed was there any finding by the judge of any specific prejudice to the respondent in the preparation of his defence caused by any delay in the proceedings against him . |
| 30 | ‘ Was there any money in it , or have n't you looked yet ? ’ |