Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] there for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ill omens were there for the taking . |
| 2 | The traditional tenancy , because of its informal character , was seen as an obstacle to improvement in these respects … what incentive was there for the tenant farmer to engage in agricultural improvement ? |
| 3 | I went down the pitch and the ball was there for the shot . |
| 4 | If this was the likeliest prospect for a major resettlement , what chance was there for the re-emigration of the Kindertransporte ? |
| 5 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 7 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 8 | The whole world , the whole of society was there for the comedians to plunder . |
| 9 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 10 | Black Babies were there for the saving . |
| 11 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 12 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 13 | I begged him to strike out when land was there for the taking , but he was a small thinker … a loser . |
| 14 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |
| 15 | However , during July 1964 , Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was there for the opening night . |