Example sentences of "[verb] here [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'll wait here for a bit I mean you 'll queue at the others if I turn round . |
| 2 | He had come here on a misunderstanding ; believing that Wavebreaker had been at Murder Cay when in fact we had not even been within sight of that mysterious island . |
| 3 | ‘ I have n't come here for a history lesson , ’ said the Doctor . |
| 4 | You have probably heard that I found it impossible to afford living in London any longer and have come here as a master . |
| 5 | And he had not come here as a lover , in any case . |
| 6 | Poor Damien was kneeling at the entrance to the sanctuary screen , an easy target for someone lurking here with a crossbow . ’ |
| 7 | The hare , pursued here by a goshawk , is a master of unexpected movements when fleeing . |
| 8 | His employers consider homosexuality a ‘ security threat ’ , and so he is interviewed here under a pseudonym . |
| 9 | Sweden could still claim top place in Group Four , which would diminish England 's hopes of being seeded in Italy next summer , but the Swedes must win here in a fortnight and on yesterday 's evidence that could be difficult . |
| 10 | A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to come here as a kid with my parents . ’ |
| 12 | You may think it is a rum thing that a chap like Tim should pay an arm and a leg to come here for a year and then teach us a thing or two but then I am perfectly happy to admit that we do n't know everything . |
| 13 | ‘ There must have been a reason to come here for a day . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 15 | ‘ The reason I chose to come here for a job was because I thought I had relations here . |
| 16 | ‘ Among his customers has been your man Gorrin , ’ said Ymor pleasantly , ‘ for he writes here about a box on legs , if I read this scrawl correctly . ’ |
| 17 | One with all the attributes of a jet-setter , considering the sort of life he must have led before the accident that had put him out of motor racing , yet he seemed to be living here like a monk . |
| 18 | We speak here of a man who has just completed a season in which he won four USPGA Tour events and more than $1,000,000 to finish second on the money list behind Greg Norman . |
| 19 | Alas , however , we speak here of a democracy of those with the least sense of urgency to correct what is wrong , the best insulation through short-run comfort from what could go wrong — a democracy run by and for the contented majority , in which those who do not share in its benefits do not participate . |
| 20 | The medium-rise deck access maisonettes and flats built here on a slum clearance site in the 1960s were very unpopular and by the late 1970s had become difficult to let . |
| 21 | It is worth pausing here for a moment to reflect on the weight of traditional thinking that McDowell is seeking to shift : |
| 22 | Greta Ross said , ‘ Please wait here for a minute , Mrs Sanders . |
| 23 | This difference is hardly surprising as treatment specialism is acting here as a proxy measure of morbidity . |
| 24 | All the music here was recorded at the ‘ Fiddlesticks ’ Festival held at University College , Cork , in January of this year , before an enthusiastic audience — and a sober one , by the sound of it : although this is music that lives in the pubs , it seems to have been presented here in a concert that took it seriously , with real respect . |
| 25 | ‘ I came here under a lot of pressure , knowing I had to succeed , ’ he said . |
| 26 | ‘ I only came here as a consultant and do not want to get deeply involved , ’ he insisted . |
| 27 | I came here as a company stage manager from Oxford playhouse company . |
| 28 | She came here as a guest , then offered a helping hand in an emergency . ’ |
| 29 | But no one 's touched that room to my knowledge , since I came here as a bride in 1929 . |
| 30 | ‘ I came here as a bride , ’ said my mother , and Lili giggled . |