Example sentences of "there [was/were] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There were plenty more to be had cheaper ! |
2 | I , I do n't know what deciding though , I says , funny enough I said there were one just like this at Millaires and I did n't qualify where it was , but it he latched on to it and it 's er a posh place , you know , Millaires |
3 | I put it back in the trunk , disappointed that there was nothing right for me to wear and wondering what I was going to do , for I wanted to go out with Sally . |
4 | Haled in to help salvage the church 's treasures , he had set to and done whatever was asked of him without curiosity , but there was nothing amiss with his sharp and assured memory , once he understood what was being asked of him . |
5 | Then o on page five I found a quote that there was nothing particularly in the consultation document for merger referring to finance apart from the increase coming from the changes and that question er , the , I take your points er , in fact referring to the and provider unit . |
6 | I could never understand why he did it as there was nothing else on the menu but egg and chips ! |
7 | There was nothing else on the body . |
8 | There was nothing else on that sheet . |
9 | Oh yes they did for , for the increase in traffic I mean that er that er went on over the years gradually creep , creep , creep on until the whole atmosphere of the place was er I do n't know improved should you say or not I do n't know whether it 's er well it certainly has n't improved but erm it changed , it was such a lovely little place really , and of course you could run across the road whenever you liked I mean we used to play in Street of picking out in a sweet shop window er a name be Cadbury 's or chocolate or something you 'd be standing across the road and you 'd be running backwards and forwards backwards and forwards , there was no sign of anyone getting run over cos there was nothing about , and when I was a kid going to the Bluecoat School I 'd run across that bridge every morning without looking right or left , because if anything had hit me , well nothing used to be coming you could see a tram coming but oh there was nothing else at that time in the morning oh no it was , would n't like to run across today . |
10 | There was nothing else for it . |
11 | There was nothing else for it . |
12 | There was nothing else for them — just the workhouse and dependence on charity . |
13 | There was nothing else for it , she would have to apologise . |
14 | There was nothing else for Sir John to do but marry again ; unfortunately , he died before he could accomplish this . |
15 | Emily covered her eyes , it would be so humiliating , selling everything she held dear , but there was nothing else for it , it would have to be done . |
16 | Now there was nothing else for it . |
17 | There was nothing else for it . |
18 | She dried cups , saucers and plates on a soaking cloth for there was nothing else for her to do . |
19 | Once he had heard of Charlotte 's predicament , however — explained to him in a quiet corner of the Beau Nash Tavern , Mount Ephraim — he realized there was nothing else for it . |
20 | ‘ I knew you 'd like me to ask them , ’ she said eventually , since there was nothing else for it . |
21 | Taking her sister 's hand , she found there was nothing else for it , but she must press to the point . |
22 | There was nothing else for it . |
23 | So there was nothing else for it but Rule of Life No 4 : Never hit a man when he 's down ; run over him . |
24 | There was nothing else for us you know . |
25 | There was nothing else to be done . |
26 | With the Captain in his present mood , there was nothing else to be done . |
27 | Then , there was nothing else to be done except get back to work in the cutting room at Paramount where he was working around the clock on The Two Jakes , for which the world of movie entertainment was waiting with bated breath ; because even though all of the above makes fascinating reading for everyone intrigued by Hollywood 's pop royalty , especially one so colourful and mercurial as Nicholson , it is the mere trivia , the overcoat of gloss and glitz , that hides the real Jack Nicholson … |
28 | After some discussion , they felt that there was nothing else to be found on this site until the next ploughing and they would give it a miss until then . |
29 | " There was nothing else to be learned from Mrs. Bidwell . |
30 | ‘ I loved Thunderbirds — it was just such a weird TV programme — there was nothing else like it . |