Example sentences of "[pers pn] was there [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt as if I was there under false pretences . |
| 2 | After I was there for six years |
| 3 | And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector . |
| 4 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 5 | I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade . |
| 6 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 7 | I was there for two weeks . |
| 8 | I was there for two years . |
| 9 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 10 | I was there for twenty years . |
| 11 | I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ . |
| 12 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 13 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 14 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 15 | But what I was going to tell you about this loan and I was there on this Friday morning when we were drawing our money , and the men were bringing their their s life savings to lend to the union . |
| 16 | She was there at all hours . |
| 17 | The lines could , of course , be read as reflecting on Alison : " she was there for any man " . |
| 18 | It it 's just a league of nations there and every shop is black people in Brixton , but it were a lov , they used to able to get on a a two , three , a fifty nine , or a hundred and fifty three to Oxford Circus on the bus you was there in twenty minutes ! |
| 19 | So then Sunday night erm we was there for twenty minutes for ten minutes . |
| 20 | He was there for 18 months . |
| 21 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
| 22 | He was there for 15 months before moving to Reading . |
| 23 | That dog which had tortured me was there in that kennel . |