Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] there [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I was n't there to wave to you , I thought |
| 2 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |
| 3 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |
| 4 | I was n't there trying to tell him that he was doing something wrong or that he should n't be doing it . |
| 5 | I mean , in a much more , erm , a le a less severe example , but we 're having a Road Safety Week , at school , this week , erm , and it was my class 's turn , yesterday afternoon , so I was just there keeping a watching brief with my my children while the , road safety representative was talking to them , and she put them us through the usual hoops of erm , did any of them play on the roadside un unattended . |
| 6 | Well I was out there watering at time scares was on and I had this letter and planes did come over and I laid me ho hosepipe down , I mean you know so he would n't be able |
| 7 | I remember the time I was out there struggling in a strong wind , the boat was definitely overpowered . |
| 8 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |
| 9 | I was down there looking round and the herdsman introduced us . |
| 10 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 11 | I was down there serenading my heart out and they all started to pop their heads out of the window . |
| 12 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 13 | We went out the following week against QPR , who were up there challenging , and beat them 2-1 . |
| 14 | I mean , you were n't there to see . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ A pity you were n't there to tell my teachers that . ’ |
| 16 | I did n't think you were down there renewing an old acquaintance . |
| 17 | Her park knew she was up there watching and waiting over it , and it tossed off a loving welcoming wave ; it — the tractor , the boys and the bulbs in the earth — knew she had chosen for them and was coming back to them . |
| 18 | And she was up there playing cards with me and that . |
| 19 | He was glad she was n't there to listen . |
| 20 | She was always there trying to be what he wanted and she wanted to make things great for him . |
| 21 | Somehow she had triggered her discovery but she did n't know who was out there hunting her , Berndt 's killers or Madreidetic . |
| 22 | We were not there to look pretty at all . |
| 23 | Absolutely yeah , I mean I and I I 'll reiterate it and I 'm not siding with Malcolm but two days after the stock taking they did prior to this one , we were out there rechecking . |
| 24 | She wished Dorothy One was still there to help , but she was determined to manage . |
| 25 | He warned the jury that they were not there to judge anybody , but to decide how the unfortunate Mr Oliver had died , and if there was sufficient evidence to bring criminal proceedings against anybody . |
| 26 | Well you could n't find them the other day , you said they were n't there did n't you ? |
| 27 | They were up there admiring the sunset but I wanted to stop while there was still a bit of light . |
| 28 | They were actually there to obscure the original price of 80p … no wonder The Oatcake fanzine sold well at 30p . |
| 29 | On the night of 6 September 1830 , more than 500 of them were out there breaking up bridges , hedges , and ditches . |
| 30 | Leitzig explained that it was actually there to blot out any outside noises which might distract the skilled operators from their delicate and sensitive work . |