Example sentences of "i was there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was there for about three and a half years . |
| 2 | ‘ I was there for a while , ’ she said pointedly but she was careful not to press too much . |
| 3 | I was there for two years . |
| 4 | ‘ I was there for two and a half years , now I would just like to keep my happy memories . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I was there for her birth and it was the most exciting thing I have ever experienced ! ’ exclaimed the father of the baby , and the owner of a home movie of strictly limited appeal . |
| 6 | Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford . |
| 7 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 8 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |
| 9 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 10 | I was there for two weeks . |
| 11 | So a week later I moved in , and I was there for a year-and-a-half . |
| 12 | I was there for so long . |
| 13 | Er , which er I suppose I was there for for six years . |
| 14 | I was there for nearly six months and by the end of the first week , I wanted to die . |
| 15 | I was there for about a couple of years and then I moved in into Nottingham on traff on the Traffic Department , you know the people that wear the white hats and , and do people for speeding . |
| 16 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 17 | And erm I was there for about a year . |
| 18 | So I erm , I erm , was put into the Royal Army Pay Corp and posted up to Barnet , North London and I was there for quite a while , we all transferred down to Winchester . |
| 19 | And I was there for the erm oh about fourteen months in all with the shooting . |
| 20 | And I was there for twenty five years . |
| 21 | er and then I think Oh I was there for about two years after |
| 22 | I was there for 6 weeks before the German Paratroops arrived ’ . |
| 23 | Yes I , after I lost my daughter I had to go into erm , into the factory to make aeroplane pieces at Burnt Mill cos I was so bad with my nerves after I lost her , er just afternoons I had to go and then I was taken ill I could n't do it , well then after my erm , I got my family off to school I took a part time job in erm one of the factories making tea in the mornings for the office and coffees and that for the office and then in the afternoons I used to do the tea as well , I used to cycle there , I quite enjoyed it until my right hip started coming bad then I had to pack it in , but I was in there , I was there for about four years and I thoroughly enjoyed it you know making tea and that , I did n't have to take it round only collect the money to go round and collect the money , but used to have to put the trolley outside and they used to come and get their tea each one , of which they knew which was their mugs and cups ha , you know , I , I thoroughly enjoyed that job , really great |
| 24 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
| 25 | I was waving but no-one would stop and I was there for nearly half an hour before a man pulled over and helped me . |
| 26 | I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building |
| 27 | I was there for four days , about four or five interviews , then I was taken to Kilburn for an identification parade . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector . |
| 30 | I was there for twenty years . |