Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] there [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered whether to tell the four of them seated there about the death of Dr Kemp , for they 'd have to know very soon anyway . |
| 2 | Oh , yes , it took me a bit of time to recognise you , but I got there in the end . |
| 3 | But erm I stopped there till the war was finished and then er I went back to the Lock and as asked them if th there was any chance of coming back to work there , you know , cos and er they said oh yes , as long as you like . |
| 4 | I went there for the clothing , because Antoinette wanted me to take photographs . |
| 5 | I went there for the opening and I 'm really proud to be associated with water because I think it 's I think it 's a wonderful piece of engineering and excellent . |
| 6 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 7 | I went there with the intention and cash to buy a PRS/Eggle dream machine — surely a salesperson 's dream ! |
| 8 | I waited there on the grass too long . |
| 9 | I sat there in the darkness for a moment and then the grill slid open . |
| 10 | As I sat there in the dark , the ship moving gently in the water , I almost fell asleep . |
| 11 | I sat there in the dark , waiting for her to return . |
| 12 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 13 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |
| 14 | As I stood there with the pencil hovering over the ballot paper , the child 's voice echoed in my ear . |
| 15 | I stood there with the salt spray and the mist damp on my face , and the vastness of it , and the antiquity of the desolate remains behind me , made all my life to date seem insignificant and of no account . |
| 16 | I stood there on the beach waiting to feel this excruciating pain , but nothing came , so I must have escaped . ’ |
| 17 | I stood there at the entrance to her lair , hesitating , unsure of what to do next . |
| 18 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 19 | I stood there in the trees , absolutely at a loss ; and then smiled . |
| 20 | I stood there in the dark and the rain , and knew that I had created a monster . |
| 21 | Yes , patches of chaos , possibly in the disorganisation , but you got there in the end . |
| 22 | Well you got there in the end did n't you ? |
| 23 | When did you actually go back to when did you you worked there after the war for a while did you ? |
| 24 | We were told that if you went there in the dark your hand would be rubbed by a cold , spectral doggy nose . |
| 25 | It was the paralysis which caused her death in the end , or so the doctor was to certify ; she died there in the workhouse , aged 70 , on 12 September 1849 . |
| 26 | She lay there in the pitch black . |
| 27 | She waited there in the dark , quiet as could be , and gazed around . |
| 28 | She stood there with the baby at her breast , holding the girl by the hand . |
| 29 | As she stood there in the vestibule , in front of the carved names of Cambridge School 's distinguished pupils , all the Dorothys and Joans and Ediths and Hildas , the glass-panelled front door opened and an old woman let herself in . |
| 30 | The slanting sun was behind her , and as she stood there in the doorway he could see the outline of those smooth , slim thighs through the fine fabric . |