Example sentences of "there for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |
| 2 | Do you have to be there for a certain amount of time ? |
| 3 | It 's only there for a certain amount of time . |
| 4 | You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it . |
| 5 | I always thought I 'd like to be stuck there for a dirty weekend . ’ |
| 6 | The possibility was there for a tremendous finish . |
| 7 | Typist Mary Kupenda says : ‘ Such workplaces will be called brothels and men will flock there for a nice time ’ . |
| 8 | Yet what alternative was there for a female orator ? |
| 9 | It is doubtful if the material is there for a first-class combination . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 11 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 12 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 13 | ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 15 | Erm but they seemed to be there for a specific purpose , but the normal day to day |
| 16 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 17 | It 's been kept on there for a second week with good houses and rave reviews from Time Out , What 's On and Spare Rib . |
| 18 | I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be … |
| 19 | They were in there for a long time . |
| 20 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 21 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 22 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 23 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |
| 24 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 25 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 26 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
| 27 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
| 28 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 29 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 30 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |