Sentence examples for there were reputedly from inspiring English sources

The Rushes were cattle-raisers, but their 26-acre holding was too small to support their family of sons, of whom four have been identified; there were reputedly ten Rush sons.

There was reputedly a time when most fish dishes were trusted to stay afloat without the buoyancy of pork.

In the 1970s, there was reputedly a competition between Hollywood screenwriters to create the most expensive scene description ever written.

"There is reputedly £100m to be shared amongst the four home nations and the Italians.

There was a time when housing and construction growth in Dubai was so hot that about a quarter of the world's cranes were reputedly based there.

Its services were reputedly much in demand among the Russian mafia.

Some 300 gangsters were reputedly jailed through the Legion's work.

There, perhaps, lies just a hint of the harder attitude that is, reputedly, hidden behind Eriksson's avuncular exterior.

That may explain why even cabinet ministers are reputedly getting nervous about Andrew Lansley's plans, and why there is now talk that they might be watered down.

The rat-infested house was reputedly haunted, and Phil Collins later said that he had trouble sleeping there.

It was reputedly a hangout for Mayor Jimmy Walker, although historians seem to have a hard time placing him there, or shedding much light on the place, which dates to 1865.