Example sentences of "and [vb past] there a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | William Thomson , later Lord Kelvin , was elected to the chair of Natural Philosophy at Glasgow in 1846 at the age of twenty-two , and organized there a physics laboratory for students . |
2 | At this time I began , having been converted through reading the gospels , carefully to read the book of Acts and discovered there a level of Christian effectiveness of which I knew very little . |
3 | Yet , when one of the local farmers , grinding the bony soil of a resisting field , felt the earth give way and drop him into a narrow grave , and discovered there a store of gravegoods disposed around the human remains , the interval of the centuries seemed to close . |
4 | He conquered Cyprus in three months and established there a base of operations for the Christian forces in the East . |
5 | At yesterday 's launch of Brook 's Impressions de Pelleas , his reworking of Debussy 's opera , Robert Palmer , Glasgow 's director of performing arts , introduced Brook as ‘ one who had brought to the Tramway the hallmark of excellence and established there a benchmark for others ’ achievement . ’ |
6 | ‘ Then went Samson to Gaza and saw there a harlot , and went in unto her . ’ |
7 | Harry felt his way backwards to the wall , out of range of the searching eyes , and leaned there a moment to breathe more easily . |