Example sentences of "[be] [adv] here [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The figures are only here to prove one thing . |
| 3 | ‘ I am not here to lose , ’ he said , never far from the negative response . |
| 4 | And I am not here to lose you readers . ’ |
| 5 | I am not here to defend British Rail 's management decisions — I am usually better at condemning them — but during the passage of the legislation to which my hon. Friend referred earlier , British Rail stated that it had picked the least safe of the 100 crossings to which I have referred . |
| 6 | I am not here to discuss that now , but I mean it 's just to make sure that you know that things are n't planned for five years or ten years , but possibly for a lot longer than that . |
| 7 | ‘ I am not here to make myself known to the police . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not here to become involved in a controversy , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Congress , I know I 'm speaking to the team , but it 's up to us and the activists who are not here to motivate our members and get this campaign off the ground and by supporting this motion , we will be putting the first foot on the ladder to defeating the government 's pay policy . |
| 11 | ‘ We are not here to sort out the world 's problems ! ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Surely , Sir John , we are not here to discuss the mysterious death of a piglet ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ No , we are not here to discuss the death of a pig but the murder of a priest , Richard Waldegrave ! ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
| 15 | You are not here to verify , |
| 16 | Chairman of the bench Lawrie Wild told vociferous protesters : ‘ We are not here to hear your objections , we are here to look at the site . ’ |
| 17 | We are not here to have a good time . ’ |
| 18 | All the rest of us are just here to make up the numbers . ’ |
| 19 | He 'll say no you 're down here to visit . |
| 20 | THEY 'RE ONLY HERE TO UPSET MEN |
| 21 | Make your own choice , we 're only here to point out what is available . |
| 22 | She seemed so happy and positive and the thing that made me opt for that hospital was when she said , ‘ Childbirth is the woman 's experience , we 're just here to back you up . ’ |
| 23 | Er because I mean we 're just here to show support and to provide continuing support for this campaign . |
| 24 | Now I I 'm we 're not here to argue whether that 's a good thing or a bad thing , erm but nonetheless parents were , if you like , an attempt was being made to con them into voting on that particular issue under the guise of whether their children 's education would be better or worse , and I think many parents realized that . |
| 25 | But all the radical social workers who were there on a political and class base were asking the most difficult questions I have ever heard , saying ‘ We 're not here to service the medical profession . |
| 26 | Erm the , the instructions I 've got is be courteous but we 're not here to answer questions . |
| 27 | ‘ Whatever they do is fine , ’ said Jennifer , ‘ we 're not here to dictate what other people should do . ’ |
| 28 | You 're not here to win the stupid war , you 're here to help make sure nobody loses it . |
| 29 | ‘ Since you claim that your objectives are the same as mine , and that you 're not here to work against me , as I 'd supposed , I 'm going to put you in charge , as it were … make you responsible … ’ |
| 30 | But we 're not here to solve the robbery of a watch . ’ |