Example sentences of "[was/were] there for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were there for the convenience of rail passengers . |
| 2 | In 1985 in Washington DC I was responsible for the security co-ordination of eleven prime ministers and twenty other Conservative party leaders from around the world who were there for the International Democrat Union Party Leaders ' meeting . |
| 3 | We went there morning and evening every day , and on Sundays we were there for the lengthy session of Sung Eucharist . |
| 4 | Ill omens were there for the taking . |
| 5 | A good many were there for the fun , rather than any dedication to the anti-Fascist cause . |
| 6 | Black Babies were there for the saving . |
| 7 | Well , disappointment for Oxford United ; Charlton were there for the taking , United let them off the hook . |
| 8 | He 'd thought her a little too old for his own purposes , but always assumed she was there for the taking . |
| 9 | The ideological basis was there for the fundamental divides which the war , defeat , and revolution openly exposed , and which provided the Weimar Republic from its inception with an extremely weak base of legitimation , especially among the bourgeoisie and élites . |
| 10 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 11 | Linford was there for the first time . |
| 12 | If this was the likeliest prospect for a major resettlement , what chance was there for the re-emigration of the Kindertransporte ? |
| 13 | Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time . |
| 14 | The whole world , the whole of society was there for the comedians to plunder . |
| 15 | The Ukraine 's first ‘ modern ’ computer-integrated manufacturing centre , using a broad range of equipment from IBM Corp , has been inaugurated in Kiev at the Kiev Polytechnic Institute , and while it was there for the ceremonies , IBM took the opportunity of establishing a Representative Office in Kiev , the first to be established outside Moscow in the former Soviet Union . |
| 16 | And what basis was there for the seventh-century maxim that ‘ the Celtic Church brings love while the Roman Church brings law ’ ? |
| 17 | One can get a further perspective on the development of the class/politics relationship in the period of the Wilson government by asking the question of whether matters could have turned out very differently , and in particular whether a ‘ socialist alternative ’ was there for the taking . |
| 18 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |
| 19 | I begged him to strike out when land was there for the taking , but he was a small thinker … a loser . |
| 20 | Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . " |
| 21 | Er we was there for the er when they came in . |
| 22 | Reggie Grenfell was there for the recording . |
| 23 | And I was there for the erm oh about fourteen months in all with the shooting . |
| 24 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 25 | However , during July 1964 , Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother was there for the opening night . |
| 26 | The traditional tenancy , because of its informal character , was seen as an obstacle to improvement in these respects … what incentive was there for the tenant farmer to engage in agricultural improvement ? |
| 27 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 28 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 29 | I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building |
| 30 | She was there for the reception and for the lunch . |