Example sentences of "[v-ing] there [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , Bukharin 's ideas were not formed solely by what was currently happening in Soviet Russia ; rather he viewed what was happening there as a part of a much larger upheaval on a world scale . |
| 2 | Springfield were the first band Young formed when he came to California , driving there in a hearse all the way from Canada . |
| 3 | ‘ There he was a-sitting there like a scaly old bull . ’ |
| 4 | She certainly did n't like to say that he was living there with a girl . |
| 5 | So , we we 're looking there at a a a reasonable amount of sort of extra work but I I think we will find a benefit from doing that . |
| 6 | Just pausing there for a moment , can you point out to Mr Inspector where that er building was to be developed , Mrs ? |
| 7 | Say summat instead of lying there like a great mawker . ’ |
| 8 | It kept promising it was going to explode , and then one morning I came out of the house it was just lying there like a dinosaur hulk . ’ |
| 9 | I sit down in the grey plastic chair in the featureless room with McDunn and a man from the Welsh squad ; a big blond brindle guy in a tight grey suit ; he has a rugby player 's neck and steely eyes and huge hands that are clasped on the table , lying there like a mace of flesh and bone . |
| 10 | When I prised her off and tried to stand her on the floor she kept rocking back and sitting on her tail , then falling over sideways and lying there like a stuffed parrot . |
| 11 | He did n't look dangerous at all now , she thought , lying there like a mummer 's puppet flung down with its limbs every which way and the head at an odd angle . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's been lying there in a state of collapse , and not a soul has been next or nigh her ! ’ |
| 13 | And white gloves with a tunic of silvery mail , lying there in a tent that was empty but for himself and Klakkr . |
| 14 | Sue Burrows said : ‘ We do not know what to expect or how many teams will be taking part but we are going there with a positive attitude . |
| 15 | At the end of the day it 's a political decision from the council of ministers , but it seems to be going there with a firm endorsement of support from the commission . ’ |
| 16 | It 's important that we do n't lose but we wo n't be going there for a draw . ’ |
| 17 | They may be absolutely fine , and if you 're going there for a number of years , you 've probably got no er problem with them , but of course the smaller the organization the simpler is , it is for other erm factors to creep in . |
| 18 | ‘ They will have their tails up and I do n't think we could be going there at a harder time . |
| 19 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 20 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 21 | so I 'm thinking of staying there for a while |
| 22 | Many of them had spent weeks getting there on a dangerous journey from their homes in Sarajevo . |
| 23 | Well , I think perhaps what we 'll do cos you 've missed quite a few of these out so I think what we 'll do erm is to leave that what you 're doing there for a moment we 'll go through this mark this and the one 's you have n't done we 'll do so that you 've got this one straight . |
| 24 | no , so we did n't have an invite I know , I mean normally I 'm taken every year you know , there , to see the old time musical which is great and I look forward to that but cos I did n't get , get there and I love going to Leah Manning as I say we have dancing there on a Wednesday afternoon it 's great , I enjoy it ever so much and I meet all my friends there that I have n't seen for years , you know , that I used to go to clubs with and they 've all arrived there now you know it 's great to see them , I thoroughly enjoy it . |
| 25 | It would be just her luck if Inspector Montgomery drove past while she was swinging there like a monkey . |
| 26 | Men were drinking there by a fire , beneath a cuckoo-clock . |
| 27 | She wore a man 's yellow oilskin coat that was many sizes too big for her and the rain made it even shinier , flashing there like a neon sign advertising gold . |
| 28 | Staunin' there in a kilt — an' ( splutters ) a Harris tweed jaikit with dung all ower his wellies sayin' name yir poison . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd always had a fantasy about living with an artist and waking up in the morning and him standing there with a canvas . |
| 30 | Instead , he turned round and strolled back to the house , leaving her standing there with a black scowl on her face . |