Example sentences of "be [verb] there for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to go to Switzerland : if he did go , the chances were that he would be interned there for the rest of the war . |
| 2 | Martin Martin notes that on a small rocky island to the south of Skye there is ‘ a great quantity of scurvey-grass , of an extraordinary size , and very thick ; the natives eat it frequently , as well boiled as raw : two of them told me that they happened to be confined there for the space of thirty hours , by a contrary wind ; and being without victuals , fell to eating this scurvey-grass , and finding it of a sweet taste , far different from the land scurvey-grass , they ate a large basketful of it , which did abundantly satisfy their appetites until their return home ’ . |
| 3 | She must be left there for the police , he must get the police . |
| 4 | It could n't be left there for the old lady to find when she came down to breakfast . |
| 5 | In November 1872 , the Board received an application from Cambridge Medical School for the bodies of paupers who had died in the workhouse , and were without funds or relations , to be sent there for the study of anatomy . |