Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• Jan 28, 2011 ... The sentence might start 'there was': 'There was a lot of people' is colloquial, and not everyone likes it or think it's correct. But some people do ...
• It was just overwhelming, there was a lot of people there. And I don't think my dad ever did anything because it was gonna have a big crowd at his funeral or ...
• Aug 23, 2012 ... What would you say in the past tense: "There was a lot of people" or "There were a lot of people"? Would both be common and acceptable in ...
• 2 hours ago ... "There were a lot of people trying to help, there was a lot of people really trying to do something, everyone was worried and scared," said ...

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• There were a lot of people at the fund
• There were a lot of people in the park.
• [Scoffs] There were a lot of people at that party.
• There were a lot of people back then, too.
• I and my sister went down, and I was happy 'cause there were a lot of people.
• There were a lot of people at that party that night, I figured someone, took off with it, later.
• Once I watched a movie on TV where there were a lot of people in bus station and they didn't get to leave.