1) Search for "there are many" and "there's many"; which of the two is most commonly used in the corpus?
"there are many"
"there´s many"
equally common (same number of hits)

2) Does the following occur in the corpus: "there's a few"?
yes
no
yes, but only in direct speech

3) Does the following occur in the corpus: "there is a few"?
no
yes
yes, but only in political speeches

4) Does the contracted form "there're" occur in the corpus?
no
yes
yes, but only in film

5) Search for "was there" (sort concordance by RIGHT word); which of the following has been used in line one?
locative "there"
existential "there"
exclamation "there"

6) Which of the following has been used in line three?
locative "there"
existential "there"
exclamation "there"

7) Search for "there was a" and "there was the"; which of the two is most commonly found in the corpus?
"there was a"
"there was the"
equally common (same number of hits)

8) Based on the previous search, which of the following statements is the most accurate one?
the real Subject in an existential "there" clause is typically realised by an indefinite NP
the real Subject in an existential "there" clause is typically realised by a definite NP
the real Subject in an existential "there" clause is typically realised by either an indefinite or a definite NP