Example sentences of "were there [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and I took the time at my own risk , took the time at my own risk er primarily because of that very fact that you were there to support the interests of your members and no one else , no one else . |
| 2 | When independence came in 1963 , the moran were there to greet it with their manyattas intact . |
| 3 | A reception party of Arabs and French gendarmes were there to greet us and put us under arrest . |
| 4 | NO FANFARE , no TV crews , no government ministers were there to greet former hostage Ali Bourequat when he stepped off the plane in Paris after 19 years in Moroccan jails . |
| 5 | The leaders of Britain 's main christian churches were there to greet her in this first city church devoted to united worship . |
| 6 | All of the people who were going to entertain these friends were there to greet them . |
| 7 | All of the eggs had been specially decorated for the occasion and many parents were there to watch the fun . |
| 8 | She thought her nurses were there to dress wounds and to feed hungry patients , not to provide emotional care for les braves . |
| 9 | Horses were there to earn their living , or rather his living . |
| 10 | The feathers floated away from him on the light breeze , catching at the grey budding branches of the tree beneath him , drifting down to where the few Men and People who were there looked helplessly up . |
| 11 | Even though the politics were there to see , for me they had no context yet . |
| 12 | She almost wished Oliver were there to see how it should be done . |
| 13 | One CD manufacturing plant set up just seven years ago today produced its one hundred millionth disc … the band Go West were there to see their music make history . |
| 14 | Some of those pilots were there to see it when it arrived at Fairford earlier this week . |
| 15 | It was the largest exercise yet held in Europe , and chemical companies were there to see what can happen when their cargoes are damaged . |
| 16 | Not that Airdrie 's football is the sort that would pack out stadia on a regular basis — the bulk of the near-40,000 who went along to Ibrox on Saturday were there to see ritual slaughter — but in the context of this confrontation with the glitzy Rangers , the Broomfield side 's special brand of grim resistance was undeniably compelling . |
| 17 | Only from the 1760s and 1770s onwards were there signs that it might be achieved . |
| 18 | I replied gently that we were there to describe building plans and had no involvement in North Sea Gas . |
| 19 | And do you know think that these cairns possibly were there to guide them as mu as much as anything ? |
| 20 | We were there to witness William getting to grips with his brand-new Jet Ski ; this process seemed to consist largely of getting on , powering away , trying to turn too fast and falling off in an extravagant splash . |
| 21 | Those of us who were there to witness his quite wretched display against Dundee United in the league in those first few months , and to hear Graeme Souness 's private condemnation of it later , can only realise now the formidable character this player is blessed with . |
| 22 | Mick Jagger , Bob Geldof , Jim Kerr and several other well known celebs were there to witness a truly amazing event , along with 35 , fans . |
| 23 | White 's Finders , C-Scope , HIS Publishing and Regton Limited were there to represent the trade . |
| 24 | WHEN THE London Sydney classic car rally began at Chelsea Harbour , London , two lucky P&O Containers Australia staff were there to give the drivers a rousing send off . |
| 25 | And two of the farm 's residents — Joker the heifer and Romeo the Vietnamese pot-bellied pig — were there to cast an approving eye over the proceedings . |
| 26 | Television cameras were there to record the arrival of the Princess for ‘ Grandstand ’ viewers . |
| 27 | They always get one hundred per cent from us , because they were there supporting us when we were in the Second Division . |
| 28 | When Eva first visited the corps as Territorial Commander Lord and Lady Thurso were there to receive her . |
| 29 | Directors Bruce and Margaret Parsons were there to receive it . |
| 30 | The substance of building surveying has not changed appreciably over the years and while certain aspects of the more academic subjects of economics and law have been latterly introduced , they were there to prop up the whole discipline rather than to provide invaluable information . |