Example sentences of "was there [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 Linford was there for the first time .
2 Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time .
3 Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . "
4 This year , FOX F M was there for the first time and Phil Angel managed to catch Dr John Howard to explain what it all meant .
5 So , establishment for staphylococcusorius is often not an important feature because in the majority of infections we 're talking about an endogenous infection , the organism was there in the first place .
6 But they used the Fleet Canteen which was there in the first war .
7 Why do you think the body was there in the first place ?
8 Erm you know , and these achievements , he 's not saying that you know re rev revolution 's the way forward , he 's actually saying look what 's happened before under the system that existed er previously , er well it actually existed , you know , at the time he was talking about , there does seem to be an effort by the peasants erm you know to , to improve their lot and therefore wha while he cites revolution in a way you , you can argue it is a bit strange because they seem to be , according to him , have improved their lot under the system that was there in the first place , erm
9 Simy Folds ( Fig. 44 ) was there by the seventh century , high up in Durham , and many places already existed in the uplands of Yorkshire when the new monastic ‘ colonisers ’ arrived .
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