Example sentences of "was there for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was there for a long time , but I ca n't remember anyone visiting me .
2 The possibility was there for a tremendous finish .
3 You knew for a fact that anyone in that world was there for a genuine reason , either because he could n't get a job doing anything else — which was probably the best reason — or for the love of it .
4 Yet what alternative was there for a female orator ?
5 Baird was there for a further two years before leaving in 1987 with chef Barry Forster , who had been offered the position of head chef at Longueville Manor on Jersey .
6 So a week later I moved in , and I was there for a year-and-a-half .
7 Linford was there for the first time .
8 Jack seemed to realise she was there for the first time .
9 Bet you never even noticed I was there for the first three years . "
10 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 .
11 I was there for the full week , being lucky enough to have a brother living in Crosby , so was able to take in most of the events and sights of interest , as well as having the pleasure of meeting old comrades at the Cunard Building
12 And what basis was there for the seventh-century maxim that ‘ the Celtic Church brings love while the Roman Church brings law ’ ?
13 The ideological basis was there for the fundamental divides which the war , defeat , and revolution openly exposed , and which provided the Weimar Republic from its inception with an extremely weak base of legitimation , especially among the bourgeoisie and élites .
14 But if I said nothing , turned tail and ran from Gyggle , what hope was there for an ordinary life for Ian Wharton ?
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