Example sentences of "there for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was there for 18 months . |
| 2 | This has probably something to do with the fact that I was born in Belfast and lived there for 18 years . |
| 3 | If she sat beside him her head would loll onto his shoulder and stay there for long moments . |
| 4 | He was crazy about New York and went there for long weekends . |
| 5 | They remained there for thirteen years before taking up a similar position in Liverpool . |
| 6 | And he went , I mean I was there for blooming ages . |
| 7 | Then at the hotel , he was recognized and before we had been there for five minutes Radio Gibraltar was down to interview him . |
| 8 | there for five minutes ! |
| 9 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 10 | Stay there for five nights for £125 ( includes welcome glass of sherry and refreshment tray , full English breakfast and 3-course dinner ) . |
| 11 | Moreover , 55 per cent of the neighbourhood had been resident there for five years or more . |
| 12 | He had been vice president and general manager of OEM Division there for five years . |
| 13 | I stayed there for five years and was still drinking . |
| 14 | I stayed there for five weeks and after another operation was pronounced ‘ partially sighted ’ enough to be registered as blind . |
| 15 | He went back into hospital and stayed there for five weeks . |
| 16 | Whilst there I was introduced to the nearby Cheshire Home and went there for five weeks . |
| 17 | She is advised to stay there for five days but insists on going back with the band . |
| 18 | We stayed there for five days — hoping to strike it rich , but had to be content with a car full of cuddly toys ! |
| 19 | They were there for five days and they were producing them . |
| 20 | These boys were undertrial prisoners ; many had been there for eight months and at least one had been there for two years . |
| 21 | We stayed there for eight years . |
| 22 | Anyway , I hope that Spare Rib always continues to be there for all women , and some of us do appreciate the entertaining , interesting and informative magazine Spare Rib is . |
| 23 | He was struck there for four hours with Park Service rescue helicopters buzzing around , throwing him ropes . |
| 24 | She remained there for four years , during which time she conducted researches on the optical properties of organic compounds . |
| 25 | She remained there for four years , confined to a cell that would allow her neither to sit nor lie down : it was closed by a large stone that could be moved only by Roger . |
| 26 | You were there for four years and the they , they did n't just , if you were n't in by ten and you did n't get your proper night 's sleep then you would n't be any good on the wards the next morning . |
| 27 | About 12 years ago I was there for four months , and it was 16 weeks too long . |
| 28 | And I was only there for four months and . |
| 29 | The following year , 1920 , Edis went off to Canada , as guest of Canadian Pacific Railways , to photograph life there for four months . |
| 30 | The CAB is open there for four days a week , six hours a day and is run by a paid manager and seven volunteers . |