Example sentences of "there [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Yet what alternative was there for a female orator ? |
| 32 | Lot number seventy one Lot number seventy one seventy one there 's the stele showing there 's the carving showing there for a hundred and fifty pounds , at one fifty , one sixty , one seventy , at one hundred and seventy pounds , at one eighty offered , one ninety , two hundred now two hundred is bid and selling for two hundred , you all done ? |
| 33 | Been there for a hundred years have n't they ? |
| 34 | Road in Toten , that 's the A six double O five has got roadworks at the junction of Lane , some delays in busy periods and the A fifty two , there 's roadworks on the northbound carriageway at Clifton Bridge , there are diversions there for A fifty two traffic heading for Drive as well , sort of weave your way in and out of all the cones that are up there , the the cone monster 's been in the night . |
| 35 | It is doubtful if the material is there for a first-class combination . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 37 | She must have sat alone there for a good quarter of an hour , singing to herself , before Henry and Lettice came crashing back through the woods , squealing that they had seen Humphrey and Janet and must take to the skiff at once . |
| 38 | There were a lot of people there who felt seriously about what they were fighting for but people went there for a good fight really , they had n't been able to show any aggression for the last two years . |
| 39 | ‘ I was making saggars there for a good number of years after the move to Barlaston , where they were used in firing , ’ re recalled . |
| 40 | She was in there for a good five minutes crashing around and swearing occasionally . |
| 41 | ‘ Well , I suppose you could go there for a new typewriter , though as I say , they 're mainly interested in bulk orders . |
| 42 | Erm but they seemed to be there for a specific purpose , but the normal day to day |
| 43 | If England were to decline to tour India on the grounds of safety , other countries might not be so willing to visit there for a one-day jamboree . |
| 44 | I sit there for a second thinking , No , it ca n't be … |
| 45 | It 's been kept on there for a second week with good houses and rave reviews from Time Out , What 's On and Spare Rib . |
| 46 | They were in there for a long time . |
| 47 | She lies there for a long time , not saying nothing . |
| 48 | One night , later in their affair , O woke up in the middle of one of his long and noisy dreams and lay there for a long time looking at Boy 's face as he slept . |
| 49 | He felt that the forces that had brought him to this narrow corner of a Neapolitan street — the wish , on the one hand , to track down Elsie and now the fear , on the other , that this search would lead him to harm — these forces might hold him there , his foot on the edge of the pavement overhanging the choked and filthy gutter , in a kind of uneasy equilibrium and he might stay there for a long , long time . |
| 50 | Many people claim that Frederick was imprisoned by the Turks , and that after his release he returned to Kaiserslautern and lived there for a long time . |
| 51 | I lay there for a long time unhappy and hardly noticing the daily noises of the block assembling round me . |
| 52 | The first was occupied by Miss Trimby , the last of a family that had lived there for a long time whilst her neighbours were Mr. & Mrs. Collins with their middle-aged bachelor son . |
| 53 | They sat there for a long time , drinking their milk , gazing out at the grey drizzle while the Bārakotes told them stories about their home in the south , about the brightly coloured saris that the women wear , about the bazaars , and all the shops and stalls with beads and bangles , oranges , lemons , spices , chilli . |
| 54 | She felt as if she were not really there , as if she had not really been there for a long time . |
| 55 | He told me he had been there for a long time dying . |
| 56 | If the child shows a habit of prolonged crying then instead of expecting him or her to sit there for a long period of time , the first break in crying after a few minutes should be taken by the parent as an opportunity to allow the child to get up . |
| 57 | ‘ She told the doctor at the orphanage , ‘ If I 'm going to go to England for a short time I must be careful not to give too much of my love , but if I 'm going to be there for a long time I can give all the love I can ’ , ’ Mike says . |
| 58 | Sat there for a long time , her mind blank . |
| 59 | they made the area around the reactor a non living area , the problem is of course people that have lived there for a long time do n't want to move and so over |
| 60 | Yeah , and we lived there for a long time did n't you , you stayed in that house for a long , long time |