Example sentences of "[be] n't there [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , you were n't there to see . ’ |
| 2 | trees were n't there to make The Stow . |
| 3 | ‘ A pity you were n't there to tell my teachers that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ The Parliamentary system is n't there to give people a say in how the country is run but to delude them into thinking they have some power . |
| 5 | But the money is n't there to do the proper job , it 's a , if the money was there to do the proper job , I 'd say great let's go ahead and do it , but in policy or principle it 's a wonder there 's a lot good things in it , but there is n't the money to do it . |
| 6 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |
| 7 | He was glad she was n't there to listen . |
| 8 | Then I twisted the film and note together into a paper towel and went out to try to find Bill Baudelaire , reckoning it might be all right to speak to him casually down on ground level since Filmer was n't there to see . |
| 9 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 10 | Because Earl Thorfinn was n't there to give permission , Otkel had not taken Paul with him , although Paul had begged . |
| 11 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |
| 12 | No I was n't there to wave to you , I thought |
| 13 | We 'd already be irradiated if the water was n't there to absorb the radiation emitted by the fuel . ’ |
| 14 | Dotty was n't there to cosset him , and presently he went upstairs to the wardrobe , where Prue made him a cup of tea . |