Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] there for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 2 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 3 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 4 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 7 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 8 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |
| 11 | Cursing and gasping , he lay there for a full five minutes , the surprisingly intact fish by his side . |
| 12 | A few years later , the Farrers moved the flourishing business to premises over the Empire Meat Company in The Ox Row at the side of the Market Place and it continued there for the next thirty years . |
| 13 | He sat there for a few minutes . |
| 14 | He sat there for a few moments inhaling the smoke . |
| 15 | The sudden change of colour on the wall had upset its sense of direction and it buzzed about angrily and eventually it came into the porch where I was sitting and it stayed there for a few minutes and then went outside searching the wall again for the entrance . |
| 16 | He remained there for a few seconds then slowly got to his feet and moved to the door leading into the hallway . |
| 17 | He stayed there for a long time . |
| 18 | He stayed there for a long time , until he was sure that the dogs had gone , then he came out . |
| 19 | He stood there for a few moments . |
| 20 | And her uncle with me beside you and whole wedding and the minister was saying , sit down and do n't he he brought her up the aisle , I do n't know whether her father 's coming back or something , and he says no I 'm not sitting like , he says no I 'm not moving back and he stood there for the whole wedding like , back . |