Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were only 30m plastic cards in circulation in 1979 — including cheque , credit and cash withdrawal cards — whereas now there are 100m cards in use . |
| 2 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 3 | There was even railway time observed in clocks , as if the sun itself had given in . |
| 4 | There was even railway time observed in clocks , as if the sun itself had given in . |
| 5 | Maybe the working class was loyal and could be trusted to display " goodwill " and deference to their " betters " ; and maybe there was even party advantage to be gained from seizing the initiative on reform . |
| 6 | There was also steadfastness funding from the Jordanian-PLO Joint Fund . |
| 7 | Some $12.8billion was funnelled through the plan between April 1948 and June 1952 , but there was also US aid through other agencies and to other parts of the world , including a substantial slice for Japan . |
| 8 | At the time of the Spanish contact , there was about 90% forest cover and the population was about half a million ; by 1945 , the forest cover was some 75% and the population 19 million ; by 1976 , the cover was down to 38% and by 1980 27% and that partly disturbed . |
| 9 | ‘ You knew that there was still Darkfall activity when you sent us in ? ’ |
| 10 | The Russian nobility were much less formidable than their counterparts elsewhere , they had not yet begun to export grain , and for the great landowners serfdom was not an unmitigated blessing : as long as there was still peasant mobility they were in a position to attract labour away from the estates of their weaker rivals . |
| 11 | Last night there was still flood water in Mostyn Street , Lloyd Street , West Shore , Kings Avenue and Trinity Avenue , Llandudno . |
| 12 | There was down stage right and left and upstage right and left , up centre , down centre and of course centre plus many others such as ‘ left of so and so ’ . |
| 13 | Yeah well , there was n't many shops there really dear , there were just the er fishmongers and greengrocers and the butchers and the , we used to have to go there to get , to queue up , you had to queue because there was no , not many shops to be there you see to serve you , it 's altered a lot now , there 's a lot more shops now and the doctors I used to have to queue right out the gate , the doctors a big long queue , there was only Dr surgery and then we had another doctor came that started down at erm the bottom of erm Harlow near where , where do they call that ? |
| 14 | There was only booking Amnesty ? |
| 15 | He thought that the Capra film had made ‘ greenish grass grow where there was only alkali dust before ’ because it consistently preferred ‘ the light touch to the heavy ’ and used actors ‘ who are thoroughly up to the work of acting ’ . |
| 16 | Luckily the weather was so awful that nothing was flying , so there was only routine work to attend to . |
| 17 | In 1970 there was only $7 billion-worth of high-yield bonds outstanding , most of them originally issued as top-notch debt but later downgraded by rating agencies and the market . |
| 18 | There was always pub rock , in sweaty drinkers like The Kensington , The Torrington , The Hope And Anchor The Greyhound and The Nashville . |
| 19 | Although there was always precision team work , they also had solo spots within the number , called ‘ individuals ’ by the Girls . |
| 20 | We are all set up for the perfect ending for George to live in peace while Lennie , tended the rabbits , but somehow the author still made it seem impossible as there was always trouble brewing for them . |