Example sentences of "[be] there [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among the guests the Mamounia while the Shah was settling in were Henry , Count of Paris , the pretender to the French crown , who was finishing his memoirs there ; the Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole , then a member of the coalition government of Rhodesia , but soon , like the Shah , to be swept away by revolution and Hassans friend , former King Simeon of Bulgaria , who was reported to be there on some business . |
| 2 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
| 3 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
| 4 | Cultural background will inevitably be there in some way . |
| 5 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
| 6 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 7 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 8 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 9 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 10 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 11 | " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time … |
| 12 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 13 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
| 14 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 15 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
| 16 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 17 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 18 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 20 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
| 21 | After the car had been there for some years the defendant wished to convert the yard into a garage but was unable to communicate with the plaintiff . |
| 22 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |