Example sentences of "[be] there for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 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 | I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island , and I did not want to be there for another year . |
| 5 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 6 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 7 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 8 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 9 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 10 | " 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 … |
| 11 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 16 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 17 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 18 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The money IS there for this sort of defecit though … like any asset you get depreciation so you should nt expect to have a nil balance on ins and outs . |
| 21 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |
| 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 . |
| 24 | The lines could , of course , be read as reflecting on Alison : " she was there for any man " . |
| 25 | If Gharr was there for any reason to do with me , I 'd have to wait and find out . |