Example sentences of "there [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I lived there as a boy and know the coal |
| 2 | Has that come up in your er in your well we were coming back there one night from my aunt 's and er there were quite a lot of policemen about and I was only a little boy , it was before the First World War and my father said to one of these policemen , what 's happening so , oh we had a tip-off he says that er there 's these Whirly Gang folks and in the morning we saw somebody 'd been maimed or killed , but er that was another bit of interesting news around , and I remember down in Caldmore one day there used to be some ladies who used to come from , well they used to be , one of them used to call them the salt ladies , they used to come with blocks of salt on a , on a I think they used to come from and I saw a horse there as a kid and I , it had got a long gash right across its body and I said to this lady I said , what 's happened to this , she said oh the Whirly Gang and er I was in Paris in nineteen twenty two and er we got to this hotel and there was another Englishman on this trip and he said to me he said where do you come from ? |
| 3 | The place had belonged to a Polish woman , who 'd lived there as a child and then rented it to students for the past fifteen years . |
| 4 | Your tutor is there as a resource and will keep things moving . |
| 5 | ‘ I was privileged to be there for a day and the whole thing was handled magnificently . ’ |
| 6 | And I could put myself down as in case I get there for a day or two . |
| 7 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 8 | We stand there for a second or two . |
| 9 | Perhaps not as bad as Buff , because the animal had only been there for a second or two and I had told them it was a robot . |
| 10 | I ca n't say for sure ; I mean , I was only there for a second or two … |
| 11 | Erm they 're the they 're there for a purpose and their size is there for a purpose in terms of er of the constrictions of the other road er sizing or whatever , and obviously huge vehicles who just ca n't possibly manoeuvre without going over . |
| 12 | But then she got married and we lived down the road there for a while till they repaired these , they made these There was very old houses these are . |
| 13 | Will you and Jane wait there for a while until I 'm respectable again ? ’ |
| 14 | Knowing it impossible to sleep again , she had lain there for a while and listened to the silence of sleep throughout the house . |
| 15 | Stealing from the camp one night with only his rifle and iron rations , wading the river at the border , finding a sympathetic ship 's captain to take him to Sweden , working there for a while and then making his way down through Poland and Germany and the rest of Europe , village by village , shtetl by shtetl , always moving west , America the ultimate goal , until he reached Cork . |
| 16 | If he would like to sit there for a while and learn something , I will then cheerfully give way to him . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | I 'm going to stay there for a bit while I look round for a place . ’ |
| 19 | There 's a sort of metal fence I can sit on , so I rest there for a bit and watch the ducks and that . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches . |
| 21 | But I wa but I was there for a fortnight and when I came back I , you know it 's preparing for Synod just takes all the time we have somehow and I |
| 22 | right will you just sit there for a minute while mummy gets to pick the tomatoes oh , oh do n't panic , no-one 's going to run off with you |
| 23 | He started at the back , remained there for a lap and , when the pace was turned up , was unable to get within a challenging position . |
| 24 | The team , including John Hall from Scottish Nuclear , had been there for a year before I arrived and had done much in identifying the work required . |
| 25 | Otherwise we could search up there for a year and we would n't find her . |
| 26 | Sixty-two per cent of those in old people 's homes had been there for a year or more compared with 47 per cent of those in nursing homes , but this difference might have occurred by chance . |
| 27 | and he probably would n't mind that you were only going to be there for a year or two you know he 's getting |
| 28 | ‘ I 've been out there for a year or so . ’ |
| 29 | Charles continued to live with her in Cambridge , commuting by car to Ipswich to teach his classes , and staying there for a night or two each week . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |