Example sentences of "[be] there for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Anyway , I hope that Spare Rib always continues to be there for all women , and some of us do appreciate the entertaining , interesting and informative magazine Spare Rib is . |
2 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
3 | But perhaps the greatest satisfaction is the knowledge that you have created something of the beauty that is going to be there for many years . |
4 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
5 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
6 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
7 | It was considered inhumane to move out the large number of ‘ old long-stay ’ residents who had been there for many years . |
8 | These lines had been there for many years when Ernest Jarvis bought the house in the twenties , the Metropolitan Railway having been extended from Swiss Cottage to West Hampstead in 1879 . |
9 | have n't been there for many years |
10 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
11 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
12 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
13 | He 'd been there for some time . |
14 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
15 | " 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 … |
16 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
19 | 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 . |
20 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
21 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
22 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
23 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | 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 . |
26 | There we dropped off one hunter and his labrador , and collected two others who had been there for several days , totally alone with their guns , their butane gas stove , the deer and the eternal forests surrounding them . |
27 | The couple next door said she had n't been there for several days . |
28 | Although the restaurant is only open for lunch between 12 and 2 , the three staff are there for several hours either side for preparation . |
29 | The card and flowers were there for several hours . |
30 | What other openings were there for these girls ? |