Sentence examples for there was a heap of from inspiring English sources

When Ramalho's team began developing their theory about the Cape Verde rocks, there was a heap of skepticism to dispense with.

On books read in prison: As far as books were concerned, there was a heap of awful dime-store paperbacks, mostly genre fiction of the worst kind, i.e. very, very poor science fiction (no Asimov or Gibson), dystopian dreck (no Atwood or Mitchell), and dated political thrillers (not a fan anyway).

"There are a heap of small-time guys here," he said.

And there's a heap of writing - environmental impact assessments, reports and so forth.

And then one night, the bayakou comes and the following morning, there's a heap of freshly turned earth in a corner out back, and a clean latrine.

In the kitchen (sycamore worktops, Amish-ish units, no island) there's a heap of literally the saddest, most uber-feminist handbags I have ever seen.

Outside her front door there is a heap of builder's rubbish and a circle of armchairs and sofas under a pink, rain-soaked awning, which she says was her landlord's attempt to create a shisha (hookah) lounge.

There's a heap of information out there, much of it a distraction, so it was with genuine relief that I finally found a good tip from Vittles Vamp (vittlesvamp.com), an anonymous food-and-drink blog.

They play so energetically that by the second song, Petralli has broken a guitar string and Josh Block has snapped a drum stick, but he's prepared for this sort of thing – there's a heap of spare sticks at his feet.

There's a heap of evidence to suggest that the best way to figure out what people want (and will pay for) is to build a working prototype as quickly and cheaply as possible, and put it into your prospective users' hands.

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