Example sentences of "there [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What is there to wait for ? ’ asked Rosie . |
| 2 | In Britain there has for many years been a sub-proletariat , a sub-class of the working class who are far worse off than the main body , consisting of sweat-shop workers and homeworkers , people who are treated by employers as though they have no rights at all . |
| 3 | There has for a great many years been a link of friendship between the people of lslay , particularly of the Rinns , and Ballycastle in the north of Ireland . |
| 4 | In the poet 's idealized concept of nature man need not bother himself with arduous tasks or boring duties , nature is there to provide for him and nothing more . |
| 5 | She turned from her and ran down the stairs and into the yard , there to stand for a moment petrified when she saw the young fellow lying on his side , the blood oozing from somewhere above his ear . |
| 6 | So is there cause for concern for lesbians and gay men ? |
| 7 | Will serving dishes , cutlery , table linen be kept in the kitchen or is there space for them near the dining table ? |
| 8 | First questio , the question , and I 'd like to comment as well is , erm , what , are there plans for the future of greatly expanding Environment Department , er , and why is it er , and why is it not being put through policy , first . |
| 9 | Edmund McCarten was born in Millom on 30th March , 1912 and he went to school in Millom until the age of 14 when he transferred to the seminary at Ushaw and there studied for the priesthood . |
| 10 | ‘ What 's there to smile for ? ’ |
| 11 | Is there warrant for this in constitutional theory or judicial practice ? |
| 12 | What was there to root for ? ’ |
| 13 | What was there left for Fru Møller to do ? |
| 14 | And what , then , was there left for him to do ? |
| 15 | There remains for me a disturbing element about In Memoriam notices . |
| 16 | There had for a long time been publicly expressed unease in the United Kingdom about the unsatisfactory training of people treating the diseases of animals , whether they were farriers in the sense of being shoeing-smiths acting as horse-doctors , or were medical practitioners — physicians , or more especially surgeons — who had , partly or completely , left human medicine for the less crowded and potentially more lucrative ( if less socially acceptable ) field of animal medicine . |
| 17 | There had for some time been complaints about the secular elements in Catholic church music , the exhibitionism of organists , the use of tropes , the obscuring of the sacred texts by polyphony , and so on . |
| 18 | Although Iraq had achieved formal independence in 1932 , with the exit of the British administration installed under the League of Nations mandate , there remained for a number of years a substantial British presence . |
| 19 | First , there have for some considerable time been proposals on the table for cycle facilities around Teviot Place . |
| 20 | In the garden of Burleigh Court , situated near the present Ulster Bank , there stood for a long time an old pear tree known as ‘ King William 's pear tree ’ . |
| 21 | What was there to show for the union 's militancy when no-one could recall a single dispute in which it had been successful ? |