Example sentences of "[be] there for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm they 're the they 're there for a purpose and their size is there for a purpose in terms of er of the constrictions of the other road er sizing or whatever , and obviously huge vehicles who just ca n't possibly manoeuvre without going over . |
| 2 | ‘ I know speed limits can be boring and frustrating but they 're there for a reason , ’ added Ch Insp Williams . |
| 3 | If you 're there for a week , you could comfortably play the two groups we recommend for their value , hospitality and enjoy some agreeable accommodation . |
| 4 | Well they sort of said that what , hopefully , she 'll like be there for a couple of days and she 'll never think she 's been anywhere else , she 'll think she 's been there all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ I was privileged to be there for a day and the whole thing was handled magnificently . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll only be there for a minute , Constance , to see that things are all right . |
| 7 | But your list must seem to be there for a purpose . |
| 8 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 9 | I like being in a war and I like being there because it 's a great adventure for me , but my duty is to be there for a reason , not just to have a bloody good time … |
| 10 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |
| 11 | Sixty-two per cent of those in old people 's homes had been there for a year or more compared with 47 per cent of those in nursing homes , but this difference might have occurred by chance . |
| 12 | By the beginning of 1942 rapid expansion had taken place , so that by the end of that year there were some 3,293 staff of all grades , of whom 1,566 were service personnel and 1,727 civilian , and by the time that I had been there for a year there were over 5,000 in all . |
| 13 | The team , including John Hall from Scottish Nuclear , had been there for a year before I arrived and had done much in identifying the work required . |
| 14 | And when the hole has been there for a couple of days , they can dig another if necessary . |
| 15 | A clergyman who was in Manchester Cathedral when the second device went off said : ‘ I had only been there for a matter of seconds when I heard an almighty crump . |
| 16 | Been there for a start so it must be a rough place . |
| 17 | He 's a new environment officer , he 's only been there for a month or something . |
| 18 | Is she aware that when my hon. Friend the Member for Workington ( Mr. Campbell-Savours ) and I visited Moscow last week and questioned Russian officials about food aid , we found stacked away in a third-floor warehouse what we were told was the whole British contribution of beef to Moscow , which had been there for a month ? |
| 19 | Cos this is quite strong stuff I 'm gon na give you because that 's , once that 's been there for a week or two it 's hard to get it shifted . |
| 20 | The followers are there for a day out in the countryside , the opportunity to ride or to walk freely over private property with the consent of the landowner . |
| 21 | What difficulties are there for a US company in Europe ? |
| 22 | But you know having said that they are there for a reason and the reason they are there for is is if the group did n't have somebody to pull them back down again then they 'd might be going off in all different directions doing all these wonderful things and ending up nowhere because you have n't had somebody who pulls them back and says well hold on a minute . |
| 23 | They were there for a motoring festival , with more than two hundred million pounds worth of classic cars on show . |
| 24 | Erm they 're the they 're there for a purpose and their size is there for a purpose in terms of er of the constrictions of the other road er sizing or whatever , and obviously huge vehicles who just ca n't possibly manoeuvre without going over . |
| 25 | But pain is there for a reason ; it is a warning signal , telling you that something is wrong and , as such , should not be ignored . |
| 26 | The er not a sore throat th you know , it 's there for a couple of days and then it kind of eases off , I think it 's getting better and then |
| 27 | Margaret 's oldest son is nine and he knows that Richard is in prison , but that he 's there for a crime he did n't commit . |
| 28 | Initially you you 're doing that then saying right , forget that one , get on with something else and that 's there for a week or whatever till that thoroughly hardens and then . |
| 29 | With all the RAF stations in England for him to be sent to , he had actually been sent to Bourn and was there for a couple of months . |
| 30 | ‘ I was there for a while , ’ she said pointedly but she was careful not to press too much . |