Example sentences of "was there [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was there looking for a place for her — ‘ and he had the children with him ’ . |
| 2 | And we did n't know we could see her and we were looking out the window going and he was there looking , put his sunglasses on to see . |
| 3 | I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob . |
| 4 | She was there to examine the children 's heads and bodies for lice , injury , infection or disease . |
| 5 | ‘ Then perhaps you do n't mind sharing , the way you once shared him with the little South African girl who was having such a miserable pregnancy when I was there trying to breathe some life into that Johannesburg radio station six years ago . ’ |
| 6 | Cos Dave was there trying to do a fiddle . |
| 7 | The Barwickers wish to keep their tradition , so when it was lowered on Easter Monday 1987 I was there to watch . |
| 8 | They were racing for records at the Iffley Road track in Oxford … the British Milers Club celebrated their thirtieth birthday by smashing three mile records … the first ever record breaker Sir Roger Bannister was there to watch and what did he see … the men 's four by one mile relay squad breaking the UK record … the women 's relay team creating a new world record and the junior relay team taking the gold medal by knocking a minute … off the world record … |
| 9 | I was there to watch the British Mount Everest Medical Expedition selling themselves to potential sponsors . |
| 10 | The mayor of Tamworth was there to officiate the opening of the facilities , and was encouraging the younger generation to help the environment by recycling . |
| 11 | Even in villages , I known men who 've worked abroad fitting them up in in er Germany and in France and in Italy , one of whom went to night school in Germany to learn the language t to get on better , he was there to receive machines . |
| 12 | This time Stella was there to heave O'Hara into the coat . |
| 13 | William James ( 1950 ) argued that it was there to elaborate on reflexes , a position largely adopted by the behaviourist school of the early to middle twentieth century . |
| 14 | Princess Diana was there to celebrate the marriage of brother Charles , Viscount Althorp , to Victoria Lockwood . |
| 15 | He had said he had n't seen her in the shop , so he must have called in on occasions when Ann would be in the sweet shop and Arthur Peeble in the tobacconist 's or her father was there taking Peeble 's place ; he rarely served in the sweet shop . |
| 16 | Whenever any crew member was laid off sick , Mac was there taking his place . |
| 17 | In 63 minutes Burrows floated over a free and Hunter was there to nod the ball home at the near post . |
| 18 | Merv was about to kick the ball out , Vinnie was there waving his hands like a lunatic … calling for the ball on his head ( for his first touch ) , merv obliged with an accurate kick … |
| 19 | I have said very little all your life , because your father was there to guide you . |
| 20 | He was there to ASK them . |
| 21 | The pope as the premier bishop was there to settle their differences and to support and encourage . |
| 22 | When the army began getting tough with the Peking students last year , Zeng was there to act as the country 's conscience , but a week after the outbreak of violence he realised that his life was in danger and that he must leave China while he could . |
| 23 | On making a very despondent journey home my wife greeted me at the door with the astounding statement that the property had been found and handed into a branch of a building society and the member of the staff had telephoned to inform my wife that it was there to collect . |
| 24 | The fat man was there to arrange the details . |
| 25 | I was there to represent goatkeepers and John Matthews represented the Goat Veterinary Society . |
| 26 | BULAWAYO , ZIMBABWE ( Reuter ) — Joshua Nkomo , 72 , threw a huge birthday and 40th wedding anniversary party at the weekend and President Robert Mugabe was there to seal the unity between the former rivals . |
| 27 | But the doctor was right : he stood in need of help , and where else was there to turn ? |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't expect him to pull out because the ball was there to go for . ’ |
| 29 | Tammuz had the feeling he must be appearing like a predatory beast at that moment , and wished Zambia was there to put the kid at his ease . |
| 30 | He was there dealing not with summary remedies available to the state to which a citizen had no opportunity to state a defence but rather to additional consequences which might adversely affect a citizen should he fail in his defence to the claim to the principal sum . |