Example sentences of "be there for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're there for one reason and one reason only I know , cos I 've been involved in fox hunting , I 've shot and fished but I 'll tell you something , was also trained to hunt humans , going back many years ago , when I was in the Falkland Islands training for the event that happened eventually . |
| 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 | We were calling at Ness to embark the main party with their stores and hoped to be there for high water . |
| 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 | See look at all those cross pieces , they look as they 've been there for some purpose , you know ? |
| 8 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
| 9 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
| 10 | He 'd been there for some time . |
| 11 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
| 12 | " 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 … |
| 13 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
| 18 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 19 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
| 20 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Most are there for aesthetic value in an attempt to raise the product 's perceived value . |
| 23 | But in the end , this large and skilled army of people are there for one end ; the performance . |
| 24 | It is a close drawing together of two worlds and is there for mutual aid . |
| 25 | All the data is there for public inspection . |
| 26 | I , like the honourable member , happen to believe the point he 's made is right , that this should be a high priority , the money is there for local government to do it , I 've explicitly recognised the needs of the disabled in my settlement for next year by increasing it substantially and I hope local government will respond and do the decent thing . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I thought well it 's there for next time . |
| 29 | And er well I was there for eighteen month as a yard inspector . |
| 30 | I was there for another month , then they sent me to Bullwood Hall . |