Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] [adv] there [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 2 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 3 | I 'm just there to see , well , that it does n't build up into anything major . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 5 | I said no bugger ever asked my opinion David but you can guarantee I 'm always there to give it |
| 6 | No I was n't there to wave to you , I thought |
| 7 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |
| 8 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |
| 9 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |
| 10 | This pattern of occasional rewards ( something we all experience in daily life ) will help your child to maintain a pattern of behaviour even when you are not there to give encouragement to him . |
| 11 | But rest assured : in the longer term , giving reasons will certainly foster their compliance and , most important , the sort of reliability you can depend upon even when you are not there to keep an eye on things . |
| 12 | you 're not there to deal with it . |
| 13 | Only if their teacher were with them were they allowed to cross the dusty lane to play on the greater green , for Miss Watson was a woman who had no doubt at all that each and every pupil would be run over and either maimed or killed outright if she were not there to keep an eye on their movements . |
| 14 | I mean , you were n't there to see . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ A pity you were n't there to tell my teachers that . ’ |
| 16 | He was glad she was n't there to listen . |
| 17 | We 're also there to help when you 're having difficulty making ends meet . |
| 18 | around or over the world in 30 days of driving … that 's the dream of two local motoring enthusiasts who are taking their old morgan car on the longest … the toughest rally of them all … they 've been getting themselves into gear in the Malverns and we 're off there to join them for our Friday feature |
| 19 | Yes , well , being local men we 're obviously there to protect but erm as a police officer sometimes it is advantageous if those who have the strongest following win . |
| 20 | He says we 're out there to skate . |
| 21 | We were not there to look pretty at all . |
| 22 | They are also there to listen , and come back with ideas or suggestions . |
| 23 | They are not there to criticise you , unless you force the criticism on them . |
| 24 | They are not there to help us avoid heartache or hurt — that 's not possible for real , alive , relating human beings . |
| 25 | From the pupils ' perspective they are not there to accept passively any offensive action on the part of the teachers merely because they are pupils . |
| 26 | The Defence Ministry said last night : ‘ They are not there to fight a full-scale war . |
| 27 | They 're also there to help anyone who 's had experience of mental illness , or who cares for someone who 's mentally ill . |
| 28 | He warned the jury that they were not there to judge anybody , but to decide how the unfortunate Mr Oliver had died , and if there was sufficient evidence to bring criminal proceedings against anybody . |
| 29 | They were actually there to obscure the original price of 80p … no wonder The Oatcake fanzine sold well at 30p . |
| 30 | Which is recognizing that it 's not there to start with . |