Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] there for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After I was there for six years |
| 2 | And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector . |
| 3 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 4 | I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade . |
| 5 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 6 | I was there for two weeks . |
| 7 | I was there for two years . |
| 8 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 9 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 10 | I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ . |
| 11 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 12 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 13 | Well she were there for two hours just trying to . |
| 14 | In fact , if she were there for two months , it would be unlikely that it would regard her as a resident . |
| 15 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |
| 16 | And would you just would you do they food all the time that you were there for twenty years ? |
| 17 | The lines could , of course , be read as reflecting on Alison : " she was there for any man " . |
| 18 | We were there for two months . |
| 19 | They took both of us down the block , and we were there for two days — no blankets , no bed , nothing , just a mattress on the floor . |
| 20 | in Barbados and er some young chaps had saw me lying on the beach and er they stole my bag and they stuck a gun in my face and freeze lady , you do n't do any thing , you just let them take what they want and its a horrible feeling when your there , we were there for three weeks and it just totally spoiled the holiday but the ramifications of it do n't just stop once you got on the plane home , it was very frightening |
| 21 | So then Sunday night erm we was there for twenty minutes for ten minutes . |
| 22 | They were there for five days and they were producing them . |
| 23 | They were there for seven hours protected by plain-clothes officers . |
| 24 | They were there for seven days and local people demanded new laws and tougher police action . |
| 25 | He was there for 18 months . |
| 26 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
| 27 | He was there for 15 months before moving to Reading . |