Example sentences of "he [was/were] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I finished with my boyfriend recently and he was right there to tell me there are plenty more fish in the sea . |
| 2 | ‘ I finished with my boyfriend recently and he was right there to tell me there are plenty more fish in the sea . |
| 3 | He inspired spite : critics called him a male Farah Fawcett , said he was pretty enough to make a convincing transvestite . |
| 4 | He was n't here to make jokes . |
| 5 | Simon : he was n't here to help her and she had no idea what had happened to him . |
| 6 | He read out her time of departure , time of arrival and flight number , advising her to write it all down as if she was a half-wit , and she was glad he was n't there to see her face as she scrabbled for a pen and paper . |
| 7 | ‘ For someone who started out by stating he was not here to make judgments , you would appear to have a few already to hand , ’ he said acidly . |
| 8 | She wanted me to accompany her but I hung back , afraid that she 'd find out that I had taken two lumps of coal , and Dad had gone out , so he was not there to protect me . |
| 9 | However , if the hon. Gentleman had attended the seminar at which I made my remarks last Monday — I greatly regret that he was not there to hear me talk about delegation to the regional arts boards — he would have known that I made the point that if such delegation is fully successful — if the regional arts boards are progressing well — the question whether the five major national companies should continue to be funded by the Arts Council or be funded directly will arise . |
| 10 | Two hours later he was up again to milk the cows . |
| 11 | No , either he was up here to have a good look through one of the windows . |
| 12 | But he was all right to work with if you knew your job . |
| 13 | He could deal with people , erm he could communicate with people , he was always there to help with our problems and I 'm sure he felt that he could help erm you know the community and and the beat that on which he was a home beat officer . |
| 14 | The combination of boogification with romantic lyricism in ‘ Heartbreak Hotel ’ — one element deriving from established Tin Pan Alley technique , the other from the black American subculture — produces a style already , at this early stage in Elvis 's career , teetering on the edge of that melodrama into which he was so often to fall . |
| 15 | At first it had seemed he was only there to sit out the war with his French woman , but then the summons had come from the Dutch army and Isabella had known that her husband would follow Sharpe . |
| 16 | I do nt know if we would/could do it if he was nt there to start it . |
| 17 | He was there merely to look wise and let me talk . |
| 18 | A tiny voice of reason in her mind kept trying to convince her he was there only to bring her some new information about the court case , but her ridiculous heart refused to listen , all but taking wings within her as she sang . |