Example sentences of "[ex0] [was/were] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were however no stamps on the envelopes and no postmarks . |
| 2 | There were however a number of ways in which , having correctly begun the inquiry , the tribunal could do something which rendered its decision a nullity . |
| 3 | It could be a useful raw material if there were locally a need for mild alkali in this form . |
| 4 | Within the stated objectives there were clearly a number of more specific targets , many of which have been noted and discussed at length throughout this report . |
| 5 | A well orchestrated campaign has been going on in the British press for the last two or three weeks , led by a PR firm engaged by the dealer Dr David Nasser Khalili himself , to persuade the British public that it would be a crying shame if there were not a Nasser Khalili museum in the centre of London . |
| 6 | It would not be the national team if there were not a conundrum somewhere and Roxburgh will resist any clamour for the Jess generation to stage a youthful revolution . |
| 7 | So I teach them to set up the carriages as if there were not a card in . |
| 8 | If there were not an expectation that the spot price at delivery will be higher than the current price of the futures contract , it is argued that the number of those who wish to hold a short position ( for instance , producers of the underlying physical asset hedging their risks ) would exceed the number who wish to hold a long position in the futures contract ( for instance , speculators ) . |
| 9 | There were not the aids that there were now . |
| 10 | There were not the multitude of motorcars about in those days , as there are now , but that was one of the firms that was trying to make it , and has done it , like that . |
| 11 | Well somebody had cleaned all sink cos sink were there were n't a mark on sink when I went today . |
| 12 | Well you reckoned there were n't a corner on a boat . |
| 13 | In fact , all the shows that played there were amazing although we did two or three shows in America where there were n't a lot of people . |
| 14 | But the average pay was still below the police plus there was job security — there were n't a lot of jobs paying pensions then . |
| 15 | There were n't a lot of bleach in it . |
| 16 | There were n't a lot of room but you do n't care do you ? |
| 17 | you know , and I stood there , I mean there were n't a lot , I did n't have no back-up , when everybody went |
| 18 | There were n't no siren . |
| 19 | yeah I told you there were n't no school |
| 20 | Bags of rubbish from the ga there were n't no bags of rubbish in the garden . |
| 21 | See there were n't no lorries to get them about we used to have to drive . |
| 22 | There were n't no draught go through , you see . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne also made the mistake of assuming that Rose 's ma was a widow , only for Rose to stare at her , burst out laughing and say , ‘ Ow , there were n't no Mr Bailey , and me dad ‘ opped it long ago and ‘ is name were n't Bailey ; he was only ‘ im as lived wiv ‘ er . ’ |
| 24 | Anxious to be seen as having made all the right decisions , she added with a little pride , ‘ There were n't no need for a nurse , 'cause I looked after the mistress myself … stayed up all night when the fever took her … mopped her brow and talked nice and low ‘ til she come through it . |
| 25 | But it used to be different then … there was n't no atmosphere like there is now and there were n't no fence around the London Road like now … |
| 26 | There were n't no shanties . |
| 27 | Then , then of course there were n't no traffic signs in the middle of the road , it was a sort of er certain people from went and started that up and er they were all wor all worked in Caldmore it was almost as though the tailoring Caldmore was full of tailors in a way then there were people starting up on their own making clothes , but er there was quite a lot of tailors around er I know there was he 'd got a shop on Caldmore , he was a tailor and er shall we go through all the shops ? |
| 28 | could n't tell you but er these cars turned up erm , there were n't no hearse and off they went and er course when I went up the garden to get some washing in Claire came up and er anyway she said er about Mr and I said well I assume it was him , I saw Mrs and she starts on about this dog barking out in the garden again ! |
| 29 | Oh yes , there were n't no argument about that , if they did n't they wo n't do the bloody work . |
| 30 | Buckets , well every night time , when we finished dredging , you had to wash down , wash the decks down cos I mean that the decks used to be covered in mud and slush , so all we had then was an old draw bucket on a bit of rope , over the side , there were n't no hoses then , we used to the bucket and then we used to swing all the mud back in there , in the river . |