Example sentences of "[pron] was there for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there , as I said , for two and a half years , so it would have been difficult for the teachers to respond to my presence in an artificial way because I was there for such a long time . |
| 2 | I was there , as I have said , for two and a half years , so it would have been difficult for the teachers to erm respond to my presence erm in an artificial way because I was there for such a long time . |
| 3 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 4 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 5 | The lines could , of course , be read as reflecting on Alison : " she was there for any man " . |
| 6 | It was there for all to see — BR became less of a corporate business , more an overlord for the sectors who were expected to find their own feet with or without government subsidy . |
| 7 | It was there for both of us . ’ |
| 8 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
| 9 | He was there for most of 1946 and 1947 , having served previously in India . |
| 10 | What was one more thief in Southwark , and what was there for some of its people except snatching and pickpocketing ? |