Example sentences of "[noun] there for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Road in Toten , that 's the A six double O five has got roadworks at the junction of Lane , some delays in busy periods and the A fifty two , there 's roadworks on the northbound carriageway at Clifton Bridge , there are diversions there for A fifty two traffic heading for Drive as well , sort of weave your way in and out of all the cones that are up there , the the cone monster 's been in the night . |
| 2 | The British Museum was still one unit , containing both natural history and works of art , and there were posts there for a few naturalists . |
| 3 | The atmosphere was not exactly lively but I continued to have lunch there for a long time because she was extremely kind and the food was good . |
| 4 | It seemed , as her mother would have said , ‘ a crime ’ to waste a beautiful afternoon in a stuffy cinema , but she might be able to shed her troubles there for a few hours . |
| 5 | There would be no place there for a rose-growing headmaster . |
| 6 | CRICKET FANS Gordon and Barbara Bidlake , began searching Cornwall for their dream home by the sea when , with retirement looming , they decided to exchange their holiday hideaway there for a permanent residence . |
| 7 | ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled . |
| 8 | Edouard said he 'd been obliged to keep an elderly English woman there for a few days , but she 'd been slipping out . ’ |
| 9 | When I was in Jordan in nineteen sixty five studying Arabic , I helped the Save The Children Fund operation there for a few months and this was undoubtedly one of the most enjoyable and interesting short periods of my life and I look back on it with great warmth and affection and as your Royal Highness knows , it happens also that many , many years ago before you were our president , my father occupied your office and I therefore come to this meeting today with some knowledge of the fund 's activities and with great admiration and respect for all the that the fund has achieved . |
| 10 | Aha this was a man who had been a joiner there for a long time . |
| 11 | There is a clear lesson there for a beleagured John Major and a rattled Tory government . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , ’ said Li Shai Tung , brightening , ‘ why not take Jelka there for a few weeks ? ’ |