Example sentences of "only [be] there " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've only been there five minutes , ’ Maggie protested . |
| 2 | It has only been there ( altered from a house ) since 1980 because Sir James Reckitt ( of Reckitt and Colman fame ) who bought Swanland manor in 1884 , was a devout Quaker and would not allow a pub in the village . |
| 3 | A clergyman who was in Manchester Cathedral when the second device went off said : ‘ I had only been there for a matter of seconds when I heard an almighty crump . |
| 4 | ‘ It is , ’ I told him , ‘ It 's only been there a couple of years . |
| 5 | He 's a new environment officer , he 's only been there for a month or something . |
| 6 | I 'd only been there about five minutes when they came to escort me off down to Bleak House , where I was stripped naked and given a blanket and put into a cell . |
| 7 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |
| 8 | But I 've only been there one day — half a day , really , since I took a good bit of time off this afternoon to talk to you . |
| 9 | She had only been there a few minutes , revelling in the multiplicity of objects and fabrics , when a little maid crept in and indicated shyly that she would unpack . |
| 10 | She 'd only been there twelve months . |
| 11 | ‘ Head boy ’ in the school of ‘ 93 is opener Stephen Mann , one of the longest-serving players with the Section Three club — even though he 's only been there three years ! |
| 12 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 13 | You 've only been there eighteen months while I 've known it all my life . |
| 14 | I 've only been there once — I took a friend with her small boy . |
| 15 | I 've only been there once and I thought he did n't like me much , but now he wants me to do a dozen PDs tomorrow . ’ |
| 16 | It 's very good — we 've only been there two days and could n't even scratch the surface . |
| 17 | But she had only been there four months when she fell prey to supervisor Brian McConville who subjected her to a harrowing sexual harassment ordeal . |
| 18 | People would , you know , I mean it I mean that other lass was only there six weeks , Teresa 's only been there a few weeks . |
| 19 | you 've been there and I 've only been there thirteen years so |
| 20 | Er , only been there two or three times and we had miles to walk to the shop ! |
| 21 | You 've only been there I think a ba , a term have n't you ? |
| 22 | if I 'd only been there when he died , I 'd of hold his hands , blah , blah , oh God , poor lass |
| 23 | I can build a I 've only been there , I have n't been there three years . |
| 24 | And remember … we can only be there ‘ Providing You Care ! ’ |
| 25 | As the hand-maid of the Lord , most of the time she could only be there , watching helplessly . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll only be there for a minute , Constance , to see that things are all right . |
| 27 | And remember … we can only be there ‘ Providing |
| 28 | This information can often be important for assessing the client 's motivation : they may only be there to please their doctor . |
| 29 | We used to ship on Ipswich ; go down — perhaps the ship 'd only be there two days — come home again . |
| 30 | In particular , what hours would be applicable to children and should they only be there if they are eating a meal or snack ? |