Example sentences of "[verb] [be] there at the " in BNC.
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1 | She 'd been there at the time he 'd wanted a woman . |
2 | They 'd been there at the wedding , when the wine , that water had been turned into wine . |
3 | Perhaps , she thought it was because Mark had been there at the planning stage — Mark Bristow , the dynamic young advertising executive she had met and fallen in love with when she had been chasing jobs in the heart of Somerset ; Mark who , in spite of being English , had lived long enough in the States to absorb — and give off — some of the typically American blend of enthusiasm and energy . |
4 | But he had been there at the right time , he had acted swiftly and effectively and she was alive . |
5 | For when he had been there at the end of the war it was very much the preserve of the officer class . |