Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] there for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gear had held and I hung there for a moment , taking stock . |
| 2 | And I went there for a little bit , and then we moved on , moved off from there , do you see ? |
| 3 | And then she was short of a nursing there and then I went there for a bit . |
| 4 | I went there for a week . |
| 5 | Added to that , there was something about the Wartberg works that I found soothing the first time I went there for the interview . |
| 6 | I went there for the opening and I 'm really proud to be associated with water because I think it 's I think it 's a wonderful piece of engineering and excellent . |
| 7 | I went there for the clothing , because Antoinette wanted me to take photographs . |
| 8 | One company director — then unconverted — whom I took there for the first time one Tuesday had this reaction : ‘ All my life I have been longing without knowing it to hear preaching like this . ’ |
| 9 | I sat there for a while . |
| 10 | Anyway , I sat there for a couple of minutes and then the cab came . ’ |
| 11 | I sat there for an hour stuffing my stomach and telling him exactly what had happened . |
| 12 | I stayed there for a week in January and for once I found myself in the overworked brochure cliche : Marrakech is a city of contrasts and a fascinating blend of the old and new . |
| 13 | I stayed there for the duration to try and prove to myself that I was able to do it . |
| 14 | I stood there for a while in the damp grey afternoon and whispered : ‘ Godspeed . ’ |
| 15 | Well you lasted there for a couple of years . |
| 16 | She stayed there for a long time . |
| 17 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |
| 18 | She stood there for a moment in confusion , the lantern in her hand shedding a golden light on the creamy folds of her dress where the dark fur had fallen open over it , her hand to her eyes , shading them against the lantern light , her brow creased with puzzlement . |
| 19 | It seemed that she stood there for an age before Nicky said , ‘ A cup of tea would be rather nice . ’ |
| 20 | She sat there for a few seconds , then heard a voice softly calling her name . |
| 21 | She sat there for a long time rocking backwards and forwards and giving herself up to howling , letting her gasps for breath shake her to pieces and leave her shuddering . |
| 22 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |
| 23 | We walked from Little Thomham to Steams of Shimpling ; and we walked there for a week . |
| 24 | At Easter we went there for a holiday , and often have since . |
| 25 | We used to , we , I used to go when my husband was alive we used to go to erm Devon cos I had a brother living in Devon we used to go there , but er unfortunately I lost him when he was only fifty with a coronary , and so erm , in , cos and after that I lost my husband you see so cos we I 've never been away like that before , not , not since , years ago that was , he 's been gone twenty one years this Christmas sixteenth might be so , I 've not been able to so I , I , I go with the erm , I went with the Red Cross this year the year before last I went erm er , Char Charlie took me away we went to er a chalet we stayed at and er a friend of mine we went there for a week had a week there , that poured of rain every day , this year it poured of rain every day |
| 26 | And we went there for the Christmas one did n't we ? |
| 27 | They stayed there for a quarter of an hour , the only movement being the driver slowly inching his little finger up so that he could lock the door . |
| 28 | They stood there for a few more seconds , staring at each other . |
| 29 | They stood there for a moment without speaking . |
| 30 | And they sat in the car with the windows down in the freezing dawn and they watched the distant city lights going out under the dawn at five in the morning , they sat there for a full half hour , looking , and thinking how beautiful the city looked at this time and at this distance … |