Example sentences of "[verb] there for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 2 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 3 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 4 | It will be based there for an experimental period of a year to evaluate suitability of the bay behind the power station as a permanent mooring for the lifeboat . |
| 5 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 7 | The second half proved a nightmare as the visitors hit the first three baskets to take the lead for the first time and stay there for a 7670 victory . |
| 8 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 9 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 10 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 11 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |
| 12 | I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be … |
| 13 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |
| 14 | I lay there for a long time thinking about that , the loud insistence of the Mexican music from across the way drumming in my ears and gradually merging into the crashing ice of layering floes as my mind drifted into a fantasy of trekking with Iris Sunderby towards the dim outline of an icicle-festooned ghost of a ship , the man at the helm towering like a giant question mark over my jet-lagged brain . |
| 15 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 16 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 17 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 18 | A diver absorbing excessive nitrogen must ascend to a designated depth to reduce the pressure and remain there for a specified time for what is known as a ‘ decompression stop . ’ |
| 19 | We all think it 's going to stay there for a long time and , and there are varieties now , bred specially to be immune from er T M V and er , we use things like Counter or Curabell , or one of my favourites of course Shirley . |
| 20 | erm many people came to Kuwait to work for a short term and after a while they realised it 's fine so they continued to stay there for a long time , and that is the haven that we were talking about . |
| 21 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 22 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |
| 23 | However , there were two big differences : Whites had more in privately rented accommodation and had lived there for a shorter time ; these areas contained only 6 per cent . |
| 24 | Well I think we have to stop there for a little while because it 's nine o'clock , and I 've just got erm a few more pictures to show you later on so if we have a short break now , I think the coffee ladies are ready . |
| 25 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 26 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 27 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 28 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 29 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 30 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |