Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] here [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Presumably they were only here to set the scene for the current convention , as nothing represented a period later than the fifteenth century . |
| 2 | Erm as we were going through and we talked about a will , you said there there 's somebody you knew who would be able to , you know , who you 'd like to carry out your wishes if you were not here to carry them out yourself er I think it was , was it er John ? |
| 3 | What he would do if I were n't here to look after him , I 'm sure I do n't know . ’ |
| 4 | This was only here to drive down wages and conditions of our members . |
| 5 | She was not here to enjoy herself — well , not primarily — but to get that interview under way . |
| 6 | The former Ryder Cup man was not here to work on swings ; merely to pass on some of his knowledge on course management . |
| 7 | ‘ For someone who started out by stating he was not here to make judgments , you would appear to have a few already to hand , ’ he said acidly . |
| 8 | For one thing , she was still here to do that job for her sister . |
| 9 | No , either he was up here to have a good look through one of the windows . |
| 10 | Three ships sunk on this patrol ; three merchantmen sent to the bottom , and thank God Vi was n't here to see this ! |
| 11 | She was about to tell him that was his own stupid fault and that she was n't here to wait on him — particularly since he had proved to be so inhospitable . |
| 12 | ‘ If I was n't here to take care of things , how on earth would you manage ? |
| 13 | But she was n't here to speculate on her cousin 's love-life . |
| 14 | Head down , she insisted she WAS N'T here to promote her new movie Death Becomes Her , in which she plays an actress worried about her looks . |
| 15 | ‘ I said I was n't here to make moral judgments , that all we wanted was to understand what this project was all about and where it is leading . |
| 16 | He was n't here to make jokes . |
| 17 | Simon : he was n't here to help her and she had no idea what had happened to him . |
| 18 | It had gone now , its place taken by a summer suit Claudia loved at first sight , but she was n't here to buy clothes — she must find Dana . |