Example sentences of "was there [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 I was there before it
2 The son was there so it is unfortunate that the burglars were not disturbed .
3 I knew the risk was there but it did n't become a major concern .
4 I was there when they took the Enchantment of the Beastline and laid it across the Silver Loom , and I was there as it fell to shreds in their hands .
5 The point is , however , that it was there and it was growing ; and no ruler in the uncertain world of the 1530s could afford to ignore even limited evidence of its existence within his country .
6 Even though his wife Primaflora was there and it was four weeks since he had touched her .
7 And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong .
8 And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel .
9 ‘ She had n't been harmed , but she said Edouard was attacked while she was there and it had been done as a warning to her .
10 And so the pillow shape was there and it , and the knitted there .
11 ‘ That little face was there and it was Nicky and it was brilliant .
12 but erm the , the link was there and it was good .
13 His physique , his erm his physical appearance , his character and why he was there and it 's exactly what that Merv said off radiotherapy .
14 I know , it was there and it was stay until my mother , does n't do it within the week or something she throws everything out .
15 Just like girls were there , I was there and it was making love , that 's all I saw it as .
16 Now the the girls did n't know it was there and it 's a good job that they were n't talking about him or talking about anybody .
17 ‘ I was there when it started .
18 ‘ I was there when it happened .
19 Cos I was there when it happened .
20 I was there when it happened !
21 Laura , she was there when it
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