Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [be] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 2 | If , if you look in your books page one seven seven , you 'll see a beautifully illustrated instruction on how to do it , which you can refer to yourself this evening or later on in the course if you forget but I 'm now gon na show you how to do one as well , you , if you want to know it 's there for you to look up you take the bandage and fold it into your narrow fold band and put it round your leg , you 've got something to tie a reef knot round , okay ? if you know how to do a reef knot already fine , just do it , if you do n't , follow instructions . |
| 3 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 4 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 5 | The late arrival by 13 minutes of three of their key players left Peterlee with too much work to do at Consett where they went down in a first division game by 91 points to 58 as they were left wondering what effect Ivor James , Gord Laing and Allen Quarmby might have had had they been there for the start . |
| 6 | I do n't know er why we 're not more continually erm more on the case as far as our members of parliament are concerned because remember they 're there for our benefit and front page of the Daily Mirror this morning . |
| 7 | Er , which er I suppose I was there for for six years . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 10 | No , you said you were there for half past five , because you had to get there before half past five in order to book it . |
| 11 | Thus , the squatter lost — and would have lost even had he been there for the twelve years . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't say they are there for months but when they ca n't find a friend or relative to put them up they have to resort to anywhere to keep out of the wind and rain . |