Example sentences of "[was/were] there for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were there for a motoring festival , with more than two hundred million pounds worth of classic cars on show . |
| 2 | A good many were there for the fun , rather than any dedication to the anti-Fascist cause . |
| 3 | They were there for the convenience of rail passengers . |
| 4 | Black Babies were there for the saving . |
| 5 | Ill omens were there for the taking . |
| 6 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 7 | Bill Tear was there for every day of the three week hearing . |
| 8 | With all the RAF stations in England for him to be sent to , he had actually been sent to Bourn and was there for a couple of months . |
| 9 | ‘ I was there for a while , ’ she said pointedly but she was careful not to press too much . |
| 10 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 11 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
| 12 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
| 13 | So then when I got back to erm er St Giles erm I was there for a month and then I went into a home for the blind and handicapped |
| 14 | If this was the likeliest prospect for a major resettlement , what chance was there for the re-emigration of the Kindertransporte ? |
| 15 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 16 | However , during July 1964 , Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was there for the opening night . |
| 17 | The Ukraine 's first ‘ modern ’ computer-integrated manufacturing centre , using a broad range of equipment from IBM Corp , has been inaugurated in Kiev at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute , and while it was there for the ceremonies , IBM took the opportunity of establishing a Representative Office in Kiev , the first to be established outside Moscow in the former Soviet Union . |
| 18 | The whole world , the whole of society was there for the comedians to plunder . |
| 19 | The traditional tenancy , because of its informal character , was seen as an obstacle to improvement in these respects … what incentive was there for the tenant farmer to engage in agricultural improvement ? |
| 20 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 21 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 22 | One can get a further perspective on the development of the class/politics relationship in the period of the Wilson government by asking the question of whether matters could have turned out very differently , and in particular whether a ‘ socialist alternative ’ was there for the taking . |
| 23 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |
| 24 | I begged him to strike out when land was there for the taking , but he was a small thinker … a loser . |
| 25 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 28 | I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot . |
| 29 | She was there for the reception and for the lunch . |
| 30 | It was there for an hour and forty-five minutes . |