There Was

PS I grew up in Virginia and used to listen to bluegrass all afternoon on one of the public radio stations there-was it out of Georgetown U? ❋ Unknown (2006)

KGB headquarters, so long used as a prison-a dungeon for all that happened there-was now exclusively an office building since, in obedience to Parkinson's Law, the agency had expanded to absorb all its available space. ❋ Clancy, Tom, 1947- (1988)

Beyond the window, to the north west, it seemed as if there-was a glow in the sky. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1985)

And now there-was someone else, standing patiently next to him and wanting something. ❋ Van De Wetering, Janwillem (1976)

I hope that we may say, without any extravagance, that during the war, in spite of all the bitter feelings that were roused by submarine piracy on the high seas, Britain on the whole-there may have been departures here and there-was loyal to her traditions of chivalry. ❋ Unknown (1926)

And, though the tide was full, there-was a pause as though the rising waters would not break into foam but remain suspended for ever. ❋ Rabindranath Tagore (1901)

He took the Turtle -- All-the-Turtle there-was and said, 'Play at being a Turtle,' and ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

He went East, and he found All-the-Cow there-was feeding in the field that had been made ready for her, and she licked her tongue round a whole forest at a time, and swallowed it and sat down to chew her cud. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

At that word there-was silence for a moment, while Ben Aboo shifted in his seat, and Katrina quivered beside him. ❋ Hall Caine (1892)

"One of the overwhelming observations I had of the whole process-and the reason I wanted to be there-was that transportation issues, let alone bikes, are still almost absent from the discussions and that has profound implications for the bicycle industry," said Clarke. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Jack and David's friendship-any liberties taken there-was engineered to create opportunities for story. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Princeton book was Gerard K. O"Neill's The Colonization of Space, in which an engineering job of immense dimension'the assembling of a gigantic machine in orbit to be occupied by thousands or even hundreds of thousands of workers and explorers who would spend most of their lives there-was considered by many to be practical. ❋ Michener, James (1982)