Example sentences of "[adv prt] there for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Settled down there for a while . |
| 2 | As we said earlier on , he had been they had been travelling through and Jesus had se settled down there for a while and sent his disciples into a , th a nearby town across the frontier , er to get some food and some provisions , er to last them for the remainder of their journey and Jesus is just sitting there by this well , he 's tired , he 's thirsty , weary and hungry , just waiting there and then this lady comes to draw water from the well . |
| 3 | You see , I 'd mentioned the fact that I 'd seen this chap several mornings hanging about in the Cove , so I decided not to take Miss Celia down there for a bit , even though we were having a real Indian summer that year . |
| 4 | Yeah yes the we went to we used to go down there for a day to Skeggie . |
| 5 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 6 | From her they had learned that Jerome Fanshawe had a bungalow at Eastover between Eastbourne and Seaford and that he and his wife and daughter had driven down there for a week 's holiday on May 17th . |
| 7 | His mother reassured him , 'people often go down there with their dogs ; do n't worry , I 'm sure he would n't hurt you , but perhaps you should n't go down there for a week or two , David . ’ |
| 8 | In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates . |
| 9 | Hello tape recorder , you seemed to go off there for a while , I 'm just checking that you 're still working again , thanks very much . |
| 10 | Erm ironically I was one of those that went from Essex to Manchester and I did live up there for a couple of years but er decided to come back . |
| 11 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
| 12 | Cos it said like like holiday maker so they get up there for a rest ! |
| 13 | Polly said she 'll have to have her up there , have to have her up there for a while she 's very low |
| 14 | Daylight suddenly burst upon them , sunlight , and up there for a moment blue sky and white clouds and a tall whitish building . |
| 15 | So , I 'm fed up I want to go to Malita And then we get , they 'll call in and say you have n't come up there for a week ! |
| 16 | ‘ I 've been out there for a year or so . ’ |
| 17 | I had an idea I could hide out there for a while , maybe rest up , maybe make a connection who could get me out of the City . |
| 18 | Only I was happy out there for a while . |
| 19 | ( Did you know in summer the gallants take their doxies out there for a picnic ? |
| 20 | Honestly I was round there for a coffee the other day — actually wee Scott was awful quiet . |