Example sentences of "[pers pn] was there for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was there for a while , ’ she said pointedly but she was careful not to press too much . |
| 2 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 3 | So then when I got back to erm er St Giles erm I was there for a month and then I went into a home for the blind and handicapped |
| 4 | She was there for the reception and for the lunch . |
| 5 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 6 | I mean that 's that 's one of his stock in trades he 's a superb volleyer of the ball and it was there for a second with a chance was there for a second . |
| 7 | The Ukraine 's first ‘ modern ’ computer-integrated manufacturing centre , using a broad range of equipment from IBM Corp , has been inaugurated in Kiev at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute , and while it was there for the ceremonies , IBM took the opportunity of establishing a Representative Office in Kiev , the first to be established outside Moscow in the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | It was there for an hour and forty-five minutes . |