Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When the meteorite landed there were big problems in Kershaw , just like there were again a few years ago . |
| 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 | Its common name is Darley Dale sandstone , of which there were over a dozen local quarries , some of Roman origin . |
| 6 | There were over a dozen in all . |
| 7 | There were over a hundred letters covering the two years since our meeting in Brown 's . |
| 8 | Perhaps the toner fluid intoxicated her — there were over a hundred sheets to copy — or maybe it was the lack of air in the photocopying room , but after we had done and she had commented favourably on the comprehensive and detailed nature of the notes , she asked me to go out with her . |
| 9 | At the last count there were over a dozen packages waiting , patiently , to be called upon . |
| 10 | By 1986 there were over a hundred specialist money advice services , all but four in England and Wales , taking the form either of individual advisers within a larger unit or of separate units . |
| 11 | Just a heap of rubbish , hard to believe that there were over a hundred people living in there , is there ? |
| 12 | So I made out a roster , and there were over a hundred carriage cleaners at and I made out a roster for them . |
| 13 | But there were probably a great many more who simply took advantage of too many of the free pints they were offered too often and slipped into alcoholism . |
| 14 | There were probably a number of them in Britain , but they must have left very little archaeological trace , needing only a flat piece of ground , probably outside the towns , marked out with wood rails and probably a stand at the finishing post for the local dignitaries and wealthy citizens . |
| 15 | There were already a great number of the little red sold labels on many of their antique boxes , and other exhibits , which had been quickly snapped up when the Fair officially opened earlier . |
| 16 | There were approximately a thousand in each type of provision . |
| 17 | Since Borssele was merrily buzzing away at 95 per cent of her maximum output there were doubtless a few sweaty palms in the control room at that moment . |
| 18 | ‘ But there were rather a lot of people about at the moorings this morning . |
| 19 | Around Ashton-under-Lyne , for example , where it was reckoned there were nearly a hundred cotton mills within a ten-mile radius — all on the river Tame or its tributaries — we find hamlets in the 1790s with the significant names of Boston , Charlestown and Botany Bay . |
| 20 | There were nearly a hundred milking cows . |
| 21 | During the Suez fiasco in 1956 Eden considered an identical idea , and there were even a few voices suggesting something similar during the Falklands War in 1982 . |
| 22 | Lady Street was busy : there were even a few visitors about , weaving between the parked vans and lorries . |
| 23 | There were also a few devout Muslims . |
| 24 | But there were also a fair number of ‘ imported ’ protesters , in Leipzig on Monday , including rightwing skinheads and supporters of the CDU youth wing . |
| 25 | He was not the only one responsible for his own downfall , and there were also a few who got away with it . |
| 26 | Of the part-time tutors , about a quarter were local schoolmasters , and there were also a number of parish clergy , local government officers and retired professional people ; only two of those so far booked for courses were women , although when the programme was finalised there were three . |
| 27 | Grandchildren could be used to help when small , and there were also a few instances of a grandchild moving in during adulthood . |
| 28 | John Cruikshank at Castle Hill House and his ‘ very amiable ’ wife , Anna , were chief among them , and for Coleridge , at least , there were also a number of admiring and musical young women with whom his puns , conundrums , and attempts at dancing made him ‘ an immense favorite ’ . |
| 29 | Meanwhile , in Edinburgh , there were also a number of deaf adults , former pupils of the Edinburgh Institution , who desired a meeting place for prayers and social contact . |
| 30 | The man who entered a monastery did so , in principle , for life ; there were of course apostates ; there were also a number who moved on to a stricter way of life ; and a few who were promoted to abbeys elsewhere , or to bishoprics , or even to the papacy . |