Example sentences of "[was/were] [ex0] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why were there no more Jewish families willing to take in refugee children ? |
| 2 | Not only was there a relatively high chance of being wrecked , there was also a good chance of saving the cargo , since.the huge tuns of wine could float and might drift ashore with some 200 gallons unharmed inside each one . |
| 3 | Never was there a less likely vestal virgin . |
| 4 | He was not scholastically talented , and was said by some of his students to be a poor lecturer : ‘ Never was there a more irregular course of lectures , so that we scarcely knew what he was talking about ’ . |
| 5 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |