Example sentences of "there was [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was anyway ambiguity about that brief , because ( vii.11 ) the same Nikias alludes in a letter to the Assembly to a brief to proceed against Syracuse : same phrase , different object . |
| 2 | Small electorates can be managed by politicians , and when the typical county might number forty to sixty freeholders in its electoral roll , while even one of the more extensive lists would rarely exceed 150 voters , many of whom would be nominally qualified , there was clearly opportunity for manipulation . |
| 3 | The school day always began with prayers at nine o'clock , followed by a scripture lesson , and there was invariably arithmetic in some form or another until dinnertime . |
| 4 | Whether it was chance or the covert workings of the Unbeheld that had brought them together this way , there was surely significance in their reunion . |
| 5 | There was surely synchronicity in this turn of events . |
| 6 | ‘ None knows you are here save my manservant — and your bridegroom , as you said , ’ interposed Edward , as if he must reveal what was in his mind whilst there was yet time . |
| 7 | Scarlet admitted that if this was not precisely the case , there was yet room for considering it probable : she had often found difficulty in summoning the aid of the force , being directed by a controller to different stations which in turn would advise her to try elsewhere . |
| 8 | By the time that the troops began patrolling the streets there was already evidence that the riots were losing their momentum , and in the face of such overwhelming military force remaining disturbances were quickly quelled . |
| 9 | There was already conflict behind the scenes . |
| 10 | I became at once possessive about it … there was already talk about the war ending and Sadler 's Wells reopening and it seemed to me entirely fitting for the Sadler 's Wells Company to reopen the theatre at Rosebery Avenue after the war with a new opera by a leading young English composer . |
| 11 | Hayling had realized that although women 's interests were being looked after on the paper , there was already suspicion of NoS in the black community . |
| 12 | Within many genera , there seemed to be little variation , but , within families , there was rarely uniformity , the two classes being : ( i ) large orange , yellow , brown or green fruits with a tough outer layer ; and ( ii ) small black , white , blue , purple or mixed colours , corresponding to mammal and bird ‘ syndromes ’ respectively . |
| 13 | There was evidently doubt as to the status of the Armagnac lordships and about the nature of the homage to be performed . |
| 14 | In one-third of cases there was either suspicion or definite knowledge that a sibling had also been abused ( cf. |
| 15 | She had managed to squeeze herself into such a small space in the saddle that there was practically room left for two men . |
| 16 | Paperwork was usually the farmer 's nightmare and , though most got it done , there was probably room for improvement . |
| 17 | Yes , there was probably room for us all . |
| 18 | The room was getting a bit hazy , and there was probably blood coming from his ears , but what the fuck . |
| 19 | Between passengers waiting to board , porters , sailors , orange-sellers , touts , piled-up cargo , there was scarcely room to move . |
| 20 | But still it was clear that , amidst her preoccupations , there was scarcely room to think of him as anything more than a temporary ally . |
| 21 | There was scarcely room for one inside the cubicle , let alone two . |
| 22 | There was scarcely room enough to turn ; it was surprising how obstinately single a single bed was . |
| 23 | With six large journalists aboard , all well filled with beer and sandwiches , there was scarcely room for Dyson to turn the wheel or change gear without jamming his elbow into Ted Hurwitz 's stomach . |
| 24 | And then I decided very reluctantly to have an excavator and for three and a half days it worked down there and erm created a sort of Black Hole Calcutta and put all the stuff it had taken out , it spewed around so that it , there was just mud and no water . |
| 25 | Children were playing on the green , a wet labrador that had been swimming in the beck was drying out by the village cross , and there was just room amongst the people sat at the table outside the pub for one man and his dog . |
| 26 | There was just time for England and Australia to fit in the final Test before getting on with the serious business — serious to those for whom dollar signs are important — of dashing round the country playing game after game after game of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup . |
| 27 | When I visited Aunt Louise there was just time for us to have a meal in one of the High Street cafés before I caught the bus home . |
| 28 | When I changed buses there was just time to get the sweets and bananas — the bananas were very good today ; and on the other bus there was a nice driver who said that if I sat near the front he would let me off at the crossing if he was held up in the traffic , instead of my going on to the bus stop and having to walk back ; because of the rain . ’ |
| 29 | There was just time to buy a map before the shops closed . |
| 30 | There was just time to shower and dress before Lucia arrived , smiling shyly as she delivered the first cup of coffee of the new day . |