リビングにいた面々が、ぱちぱちと手を叩きながら口々に言う。制服を着た少女たちが、照れくさそうに頰を染めた。ーーまあ一部、狂三の言葉に青筋を立てる真那のような例外もいるにはいたのだけれど。
(Date a live, book 22)
What is the grammar of the bold part? Can we omit it?
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1Duplicate? [には with plain form of verb](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/29886/43676) – aguijonazo Aug 01 '21 at 14:37
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@aguijonazo Thank you. I didn’t know this 〜には〜けれど was a fixed pattern. So why is the sentence not いるにはいるのだけれど? The tense of the second いる can be past tense? – chino alpha Aug 01 '21 at 14:58
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This link seems to explain the structure. https://nihongonosensei.net/?p=20757 – chino alpha Aug 01 '21 at 14:59