Example sentences of "they [was/were] there for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were there for the convenience of rail passengers . |
| 2 | They were there for seven hours protected by plain-clothes officers . |
| 3 | ‘ They were there for a good couple of hours and when I left at around 2.00pm they were still interviewing players in the spare dressing rooms . ’ |
| 4 | They were there for most of the morning . |
| 5 | A spokesman for a major insurance company commented , ‘ If they were there for only a short time , we could arrange cover , probably without charge . ’ |
| 6 | So they were there for me to see as they came in , etc . |
| 7 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
| 8 | No they were there for oh maybe eight or ten weekends , excavating . |
| 9 | They were there for five days and they were producing them . |
| 10 | They were there for a motoring festival , with more than two hundred million pounds worth of classic cars on show . |
| 11 | They were there for seven days and local people demanded new laws and tougher police action . |
| 12 | And I should , well it struck me that they were there for good and all . |