Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] there for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By this time the families staying there for summer quarters were out for a forenoon walk : mothers , nurses , playful youngsters — some with towels for the bathing , others with picnic baskets , making for the cliffs or the shore . |
| 2 | The only available slipway that could take Venturous was at Stornoway and we made arrangements to call there for repairs . |
| 3 | I 've seen people sitting there for hours and hours , their weans soaking and starving . ’ |
| 4 | Oh yes , oh yes , oh mum went there for years and years every Saturday yeah , and as I say the wagonettes used to erm be stationed up by Albion Street , to take er shopping and , and er and Rushbrooks used to be the big confectioners then , that 's on the , it used to be on the corner of erm Albion , well there 's a market there , an indoor market now is n't there yeah they were the er the big confectioners Rushbrooks , and er bakers and confectioners and er all the barrels of flour used to be , you could see all that going in you know but er I do n't know whether it is , am I making it interesting , is it interesting for you ? |
| 5 | I let the thought lie there for comfort . |
| 6 | David Icke lives there for God 's sake … literally . |
| 7 | But then the ship idled there for hours , in its own sea mist of impatience and anxiety . |
| 8 | The task force from Normandy was first to seize the Isle of Wight , then land at Gosport , from which Portsmouth and its dockyard would be bombarded and neutralised , while , as a further distraction , a minor attack would be made on Bristol , with others on Liverpool and Cork , to destroy supplies collected there for transport to America . |
| 9 | The Chairman and Mr Bickersteth reported on the fire at the Carriage Works which destroyed the body shop with 25 new and 16 old carriages sent there for repairs , the estimated loss being about £21,420 . |