Example sentences of "there [be] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should there be this conspiracy to keep this painful secret amongst mothers ? |
| 2 | And the light room the machine case where the machine for revolving the five the lens which er weighed about five tons and there were this machine revolved the lens and it was machine was solid brass erm just which had to be polished e e every week and er oh beautiful brass polished brass and nobody ever saw these things you know except maybe the commissioners when they came round no no visitors there . |
| 3 | . However , after about eighteen month at , as a yard foreman , as I say I was still branch secretary of Portobello branch , and carrying on as usual , er I put in for There were this yard inspectors job wanted at Street Station . |
| 4 | Lifted cover and there were this fella underneath . |
| 5 | ‘ And now there 's this Herr Hitler . |
| 6 | And then there 's this boy . ’ |
| 7 | You know , if not , you know , if you 're very , very poor in a , in a rural area , you may think , well look , there 's , there 's this chance , no matter how , how slim of me getting a , sort of proper job in the urban area , thus you may well take that chance . |
| 8 | There 's this story about Lee . |
| 9 | There 's loads of rubbish around — cardboard boxes and paper and stuff , and there 's this man under one of the lights , blowing into a mouth organ thing . |
| 10 | There 's this man on this big white car thing going round cleaning the floor . |
| 11 | There 's this man and woman walking by with lots of shopping bags and a little boy hanging on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 12 | At times the drums were missing us by inches , and there 's this man on board running up and down shouting , ‘ It 's your funeral ’ . |
| 13 | There 's this man I know and he 's that quick yeah , he 's he erm my uncle yeah , he 's at college and there 's this man at his college yeah and listen yeah because they 've got t v's and they 're allowed to stay up as long as they want . |
| 14 | There 's this man I know and he 's that quick yeah , he 's he erm my uncle yeah , he 's at college and there 's this man at his college yeah and listen yeah because they 've got t v's and they 're allowed to stay up as long as they want . |
| 15 | There 's this man right and he 's married to this woman called Lorraine , but because he had , meanwhile he was married to a woman called Lorraine and he had |
| 16 | There 's this , there 's this man and he , no I do n't wan na say that one . |
| 17 | There 's this man , there 's these three men and they go to an hotel . |
| 18 | There 's this man on this tree , it 's about 50 feet tall , the tree , and he 's er he 's just crouched on there , sitting there now , with a blue rope round his neck , and it 's tied on to the tree . |
| 19 | That bastard on that bus , when I got off I heard this voice saying and I looked round and there 's this ragger sitting there |
| 20 | There 's this panda and he 's really bored with , I mean he 's , he 's getting no sex so he breaks out of erm London Zoo to go off and find a partner . |
| 21 | And there 's this attitude that goes along , so some people will say ‘ Oh I 'll take stats ’ , y'know , ‘ regardless of whether I personally think [ they ] ought to be taken . ’ |
| 22 | And there 's this smell . |
| 23 | Then of course there 's this insurance thing to do as well when David 's er free and sorted out |
| 24 | There 's this butcher he made all his own and he got varieties in , you know , they got garlic in and herbs , everything , you know |
| 25 | There 's this siren going behind me , getting louder and louder , and I turn round to have a look . |
| 26 | So I go back and I 'm standing in the doorway , and there 's this kid on the bed and he 's thrown up all over the cover and now he 's starting to shake . |
| 27 | But right , there 's this word , a on the end right , some right that means boy , because O means boys and E with an e on the end |
| 28 | there 's this bulb . |
| 29 | There 's this board you have to go up , you can say if you want one space , three spaces and you can go round the board and … |
| 30 | there 's this solenoid on the top |