Example sentences of "there were [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hooker estimates that 12 years ago , when he paid £1.50 for his first grip , there were up to 100 collectors of whom he knew a couple of dozen . |
| 2 | As there were up to sixteen different taxes , the more ignorant , who were usually also the poorest , were compelled to run to their more fortunate fellows for advice on how to calculate , time , and pay ( or avoid paying ) these complex dues . |
| 3 | Before the death there were up to 15 dogs in the house , as the family 's bitch produced two litters which were both kept — one set in the kitchen , and the other in a bedroom . |
| 4 | Then , on Friday 29 October , inshore fishermen reported that there were up to 100 whales dead and alive , in the vicinity of Clay Hole ( see map ) . |
| 5 | At other times in action there were up to 630 men in a Commando . |
| 6 | Throughout the 1930s Hollywood was to make films condemning various abuses and malpractices in the American system and there were always to be films which clung to the conventions of the city film as they had emerged in the early part of the decade . |
| 7 | There were never to be any night shifts at a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ factory . |
| 8 | That was our experience under the previous Labour Government and would be the experience of Londoners if there were ever to be the misfortune of another Labour Government . |
| 9 | New constituencies would have to be devised , 325 in number if there were still to be 650 MPs . |
| 10 | There were still to be found on the roads a vagrant population of Celtic wanderers from Scotland or Ireland , and those who followed the travelling occupations like chapmen , pedlars and itinerant entertainers , as well as the true travelling people , the gypsies and tinkers . |
| 11 | There were now to be fewer and fewer Titfords in Frome as time went by ; many had died , some had left town for good . |