Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [verb] there [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On more than one occasion he had had to remove a dead dog from the highway and take it in his barrow to the incinerator , and there were times when he had to take the place of a night watchman who had been taken ill on one of the larger roadworks and stay there until he could be relieved . |
| 2 | She hastily returned it to its place , and in a state of some agitation went back to her car and sat there until she felt calm again . |
| 3 | Lin was born in Taiwan and lived there until he was 12 years old , when he left to study violin , first in Australia and then in New York , where he has lived since 1975 . |
| 4 | He came to see her father and advised that she be sent to relatives in Cork and kept there till the danger to her immortal soul was past . |
| 5 | And Conroy dearest , go up to Mummy 's room and wait there till I come , and try to pretend that all the dreadful things that have happened are just part of the play . ’ |
| 6 | Go to your room and wait there till I — ’ |
| 7 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 8 | I tried to look straight ahead until I reached the top , then I entered our attic room and stood there as my eyes accustomed themselves to the dim light . |
| 9 | But there are big problems that arise there because of this practice of having leave it to my spouse if she survives twenty eight days . |
| 10 | Once the carbohydrate has been consumed it is stored as glycogen in the muscles and stays there until it is required for energy . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't bother buying a crib ; Rachel went straight into her carrycot and stayed there until she was four months when she moved to the cot . |
| 12 | These slimy , dark creatures were applied to his back and left there until they became so full of blood that they fell off . |
| 13 | Get a small piece of paper and hold there as you do it . |
| 14 | His profound sense of fatalism becomes apparent as early as the last paragraph of his very first speech : ‘ … every few years there is still a case , and as the parties tell me what the trouble is , … the thought comes in that … another lawyer , quite differently dressed , heard the same complaint and sat there as powerless as I , and watched it run its bloody course . ’ |
| 15 | when ‘ 777 ’ s flying days were over she was donated to a California Polytechnic Institute campus and remained there until acquired by Mr. Maloney . |
| 16 | Take that stool and go inside to the cloakroom and sit there until you 're called by me to come away from it . ’ |
| 17 | Head-injured patients are normally admitted to hospital and kept there until it is certain that they are fully fit to return home . |
| 18 | A few sensed the power of Callanish and went there as the creatures did and felt the peace . |
| 19 | Go to the top floor of your house and remain there till the water goes down … ’ |