Example sentences of "[be] there [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It appeared that we were going to be there for some time . |
2 | Which must mean that he intends to be there for some time . |
3 | She 'd be there in good time herself , given half a chance , to eat their game pies and their plum cakes and drink their wine , to stand by their log fires to warm herself . |
4 | I may not move as fast as you , but we 'll be there in good time . |
5 | ‘ Back home in Australia , you can play for my university there , Queensland , for ever , so long as you 've been there at some time . |
6 | Detectives are working on the theory that the bags had been there for some time . |
7 | The doctor , who had now been there for some time , and was looking at his watch , had been explaining . |
8 | He 'd been there for some time . |
9 | Brooke Alexander , of course , and Josh Baer , Ronald Feldman , Pat Hearn and Feature have been there for some time . |
10 | " Any more than I can explain why cholera should have always attacked those of our soldiers who had recently arrived in the Crimea in preference to those who had been there for some time … |
11 | Getting the old cistern out can sometimes be a problem — particularly if it 's been there for some time . |
12 | The most difficult part of getting out a galvanised hot water tank is likely to be disconnecting the pipes leading to and from the boiler particularly if they have been there for some time . |
13 | It had probably been there for some time ! |
14 | He looked as though he had been there for some time , and Shelley had a funny feeling that he was looking studiously down to hide the fact that he had been listening at the door to her conversation with Mrs Richards . |
15 | Because then it was that she knew , with blinding clarity , what had been there for some time now . |
16 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
17 | It 's believed their bodies had been there for some time . |
18 | ‘ Old Mr Fiddle has not been there for some time , Rose , ’ said Dagmar from the door . |
19 | Keith Sutton , prosecuting on behalf of Sefton Council 's Public Protection Department , told the court there was sufficient oil in the insect to suggest it had been there for some time . |
20 | ‘ You were there until closing time ? ’ |
21 | They show us that something is there at that time , although they tell us nothing of origins , date of abandonment , use of the site , or its importance . |
22 | I thought well it 's there for next time . |
23 | He was there for some time , and was with her when she regained consciousness for the last time . ’ |
24 | ‘ I was there for some time before you arrived , Caroline . |
25 | But this premise was there at that time and by oh I had to go to a great extent on a number of visits and they er granted it me on compassionate grounds and there 's er I was only looking in the back of there the other day and there 's one there now . |