Example sentences of "[was/were] there for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me . |
| 3 | The possibility was there for a tremendous finish . |
| 4 | You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it . |
| 5 | Yet what alternative was there for a female orator ? |