Example sentences of "[be] [adv] there [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Maureen O'Gara has been right there listening .
2 When I 've been down there trying to get casual work , you know in Leith docks ?
3 been down there asking about er
4 The star systems , right or wrong , are only there to provide the right atmosphere ; to set the mood ; to spark off communion with the spirit or energy force .
5 This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation .
6 It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth .
7 They are not there to criticise you , unless you force the criticism on them .
8 In other words , according to the philosophy of the head teacher , the teachers are not there to teach at all , but merely to supervise the children as they try to learn by themselves .
9 This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him .
10 But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things .
11 They are not there to help us avoid heartache or hurt — that 's not possible for real , alive , relating human beings .
12 From the pupils ' perspective they are not there to accept passively any offensive action on the part of the teachers merely because they are pupils .
13 The counsellors are not there to tell any young person what to do though if they are asked for practical advice they will give it .
14 The Defence Ministry said last night : ‘ They are not there to fight a full-scale war .
15 You see them much more as people , you know their interests much more than if they are just there listening to the lesson and so in a way this open access to the teacher , I think , although at times it does give extra pressure in the long run I think it 's tremendously beneficial .
16 I would never do it in the theatre ; I have seen it and — well , the people are just there to hear the singers .
17 Yes , well , being local men we 're obviously there to protect but erm as a police officer sometimes it is advantageous if those who have the strongest following win .
18 They 're already there waiting .
19 They 're already there waiting .
20 you 're not there to deal with it .
21 consideration , but if we 're not there having the conversation we wo n't even know that the conversations been l
22 She did n't add , ‘ And to know you 're still there waiting , ’ because , knowing Charlie as she did , she knew that that was what he would do , wait , hoping against hope .
23 around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature
24 We 're also there to help when you 're having difficulty making ends meet .
25 They 're also there to help anyone who 's had experience of mental illness , or who cares for someone who 's mentally ill .
26 It actually looks bigger looking that way than it does when you 're up there looking back , I think .
27 They 're up there love !
28 When you 're up there shining
29 You can just about cling on to the periphery of things if you 're in Bristol , but once you 're past there forget it .
30 We 're out there riding as hard as we can and if that gives any of the supporters any sort of er consolation , I do n't know if it does or not , but it — we 're really giving our best all the time and er win , lose or draw you 'll always find us every time we 've got a doing our best and er although often some people might shout and scream and give us a hard time , er it 's not for , for lack of trying , I mean nobody wants to finish last and er me even more than most , so just get behind us and shout and scream and we 'll try our hardest .
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