Example sentences of "[vb infin] there for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North .
2 Can I just stop there for a minute er er is this the best
3 Erm if I could just stop there for a couple of minutes to er make a point about er independent taxation .
4 ‘ We 'll stop there for the night , Brother .
5 ‘ We can hide there for a while .
6 I 'll hide there for a week , get some money out of Fagin , then escape to France . ’
7 ‘ I did n't go there for a rest , you silly blighter , ’ said Chatterton affectionately .
8 Perhaps we could go there for a drink later ?
9 The bands started playing around 11 in the evening and , basically , people did n't go there for the music but to get a sleep if they lived too far out from central London to get home after the tubes had closed down for the night .
10 This is partly I suppose what made us seem like a destination to him ; he was in that simple sense ready to arrive , ready to get somewhere and rest there for the night .
11 ‘ I should stay there for a while , ’ said Elise , when she brought in a breakfast tray .
12 At this very moment that little scrap 's mother must be in hell , and part of her will stay there for the rest of her life .
13 It 'll stay there for the rest of your life .
14 As much as 85% of the materials should be on open access , and stock relegated to store should remain there for a trial period of five years before being returned to the main library , or transferred to a permanent back-up collection such as the British Library .
15 The lucky ones , once established in their new home will remain there for the rest of their lives unless driven out by force of numbers .
16 Unlike his father , he would remain there for the rest of his life , without resentment , becoming in the end a partner in a somewhat unenterprising firm .
17 ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches .
18 She would n't be able to join in the races now , but she could get there for the prize-giving at the end of them , and for the diving display , and this time , if the yacht was there , she would stop .
19 right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you
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