Example sentences of "[vb pp] there for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes he had booked there for a week , I think it was for a business meeting with Mr Sandy , that 's all I know . |
| 2 | Nylon yarn was made there for a time along with Cellophane packaging film , carpets and circular knitted fabrics . |
| 3 | Nanny and baby could both be accommodated there for a while . |
| 4 | He came out of the clinic on 19 March having stayed there for a week longer than he had anticipated , and was once again forced to rest . |
| 5 | Young Philip was employed there for a time before going abroad , taking over during his father 's trips into the country where some landowners Sought his practical advice , particularly with regard to establishing plantations of hitherto unknown trees from abroad . |
| 6 | You had me worried there for a moment , I can tell you . ’ |
| 7 | Yes , Devlin had worked there for a while , but he 'd left three days ago . |
| 8 | I 've had first hand er experience of the States because I 've worked there for a couple of years . |
| 9 | ‘ They have then waited there for a minicab to arrive and take them and their bounty away . |
| 10 | I 'm not an expert — I 've only lived there for a couple of years . ’ |
| 11 | These neighbours had lived there for a number of years ; they knew Mrs Browning well , and what they told my husband made us feel rather small , and very inexperienced . |
| 12 | It stayed poised there for a moment and another question , another proclamation of innocence , then he brought it down ready to drive into the small man 's stomach again . |
| 13 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |
| 14 | This pattern has been changing ; there is a tendency now for girls to keep their babies , and over the last year or so girls have been sent there for a variety of other reasons , but essentially so that they can be assessed on their ability to care for their child . |
| 15 | A hall in the Andersonian University was procured , and meetings were held there for a number of years , with periods spent in Balfour 's School , North Portland Street ( 1848–1850 ) , the Young Men 's Christian Association , North Frederick Street ( 1857–8 ) . |
| 16 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
| 17 | Before Sally-Anne could reply — and fortunately for her , for she needed to consider her answer carefully — there was a knocking at the door , and Dr Neil was required there for a moment . |