Example sentences of "[adv] there for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father , the last trained pastor in the country , had been in prison and suffered greatly there for 8 years . |
| 2 | But I was very lucky , I was only there for six weeks ; I was very , very lucky . |
| 3 | And I was only there for four months and . |
| 4 | I think erm , shifts differ slightly through other departments , in the sense that it is only there for one day . |
| 5 | They told me that the people they want for education are the people who are sentenced for about six months , not the ones who are only there for one month . |
| 6 | Cormorants are only there for one reason : the lake is filled with fish . |
| 7 | We were only there for twenty-four hours , working throughout the night . |
| 8 | The Nine Miles graffiti that declares ‘ Bob lives ’ is not just there for romantic reasons . |
| 9 | Although ostensibly there for peace-keeping duties , the increased troop presence heightened fears among Croats of a creeping military takeover . |
| 10 | It was probably there for another reason too . |
| 11 | Scarlet had watched amazed as teams of youthful strangers had made unerringly for the fruit bowl , demolishing pears , grapes and even the mango which was really there for ornamental purposes , without uttering one squeak which could be construed as a request for permission . |