Example sentences of "[pers pn] were here for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Take these ; an annotated Gray 's Anatomy , some Freud — at least it 'll prove you were here for a reason if nothing else . " |
| 2 | ‘ You said you were here for just a week ? ’ |
| 3 | If you were here for last Sunday morning 's sermon , John answered that question when he started the series on Elisha . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're at pains to stress this is n't a protest , but we were here for rest and recreation , ’ he said , ‘ so if I ca n't send my men ashore ; there 's not much point in staying . ’ |
| 5 | Of course , we were here for only a short time and what time we had we spent with Debbie . |
| 6 | We were here for six days before the camels arrived , but were reassured by hearing news of them from some of the many pilgrims who passed through our camp on their way to a famous shrine of Sheikh Husain ; all carried peeled , forked wands as an emblem of their pilgrimage . |
| 7 | It meant they were here for some time . |
| 8 | ‘ They were here for well over two months . |