Example sentences of "i [be] [adv] there [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 2 | It tears my heart out whenever I hear of a mining tragedy and because I am not there to help or even to sympathise , something inside me feels the need to shout to all people , southerners especially who have never had fathers , husbands , sons to worry about when each day they are swallowed into the apron of the earth . |
| 3 | I 'm just there to see , well , that it does n't build up into anything major . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I get criticised for not going to the cinema to see people 's reaction — but I 'm not there to review the audience . ’ |
| 5 | I said no bugger ever asked my opinion David but you can guarantee I 'm always there to give it |
| 6 | No I was n't there to wave to you , I thought |
| 7 | I 'd be shot if I was n't there to cheer . |
| 8 | I was n't there to give you a wave I 'm afraid |
| 9 | ‘ I was down there to see Rim and he hardly spoke to me . |