Example sentences of "there [prep] [art] [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had potatoes in there for a time but we had to keep hoeing all the weeds out . |
| 2 | The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night . |
| 3 | Yes it did it run down to the river and we used to have to write to get a permit to camp on there for the week but then there used to be an old , the old foreman of he used to come round every Saturday night , have you got your permit ? |
| 4 | It took him longer to get there after the performance but he was away from all the problems of the rest of the company . |
| 5 | Well I , I remember once going into er a British restaurant because it was my birthday and there was trifle on the menu and trifle was some sort of weird jelly thing that was thi instead of sponge it was stale bread and I think it was sort of stewed apple and mock cream but the fact that it it was my birthday and it was trifle you know I just sort of sat there like a queen but I think I 'm sure that it tasted quite revolting . |
| 6 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 7 | Might get there in a minute but I think these are going to go on the floor in a minute . |
| 8 | He 'll get there in the end but we ca n't wait . |
| 9 | Now because score A has plus one , B has plus one er then it 's negative , negative , slight difference there on the negatives but both negatives and both pos both positive , what you 'd say for those sets of scores are that there 's probably a positive correlation between A and B and if we look at the total of each one of those multiplied together , it comes up with about plus eight . |
| 10 | It is understood he initially thought of going there at the weekend but was advised against it by the police . |
| 11 | No problems there at the moment but if you 're heading there later on watch it . |
| 12 | Er the thing is that the people in the northeast yes er there is a lot more work done up there by the Society but you know since I 've been down in Horsham I have found that the northeast is not alone . |