Example sentences of "there [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 We did n't mind being old fogey , as long as there was no one there reminding us of the fact .
2 The sale of sheep and barley made up 35 per cent of the estate of Richard Jerard , a Chepping Wycombe pewterer and brazier , the residue including a few more animals , a little grain and hay , and an iron harrow , although another metal worker there owned nothing but the tools of his trade .
3 ‘ United have emerged as favourites now and that suits me fine , as long as we are up there challenging them at the end of the season .
4 ‘ When I left school I was nowhere , but someone up there put me in the situation I find myself in now .
5 ’ — Whatever lies to the west , to invite the people there to submit themselves to the protection of our rule . ’
6 He would happily have stood there kissing her till the next morning .
7 And there was something about him , an aura of confidence and power , as he stood there facing her across the bonnet of the Mini that told her that even if she 'd been driving a tank there was no way in the world he would have let her go past .
8 The set up I 've described there aligns itself with the manner in which most consultants work .
9 One of the last examples for this period was the conscious creation of a further naval base at Granville , in western Normandy , called the ‘ clef du pays par mer et par terre ’ by Charles VII in the charter by which he granted privileges to those who would come to settle there to keep it for the good of France .
10 Healey backed Crossman and pointed out that they would be ‘ blind men leading the blind if they had to go in there knowing nothing about the place ’ .
11 I read a great deal of poetry , especially the Romantics , learning long passages by heart , and found some solace there to lift me above the sordid realities of everyday life .
12 He and his friends would take us , they said , safely to the edge of the airport and from there point us in the right direction .
13 I know there advertising it on the T V
14 Neither does the statement , ‘ All those coloured glass pictures of people which you see in the windows of churches , have been put there to remind us of the good which those people did during their lives .
15 I got to admit I did n't pop over just to offer yer some neighbourly 'elp , it was on me mind while I was there to touch you for the loan of a bob .
16 Once more , the manservant was there to show me into the drawing-room .
17 We 'll wait for the lads up there to tell us about the blood and we 'll read the autopsy report .
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