Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] there for the taking " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ On that occasion the game was there for the taking . |
| 3 | And for thousands it represented a real land of opportunity where the sun shone and the good life was there for the taking . |
| 4 | Her whole body was sixteen again , and the wide-eyed world was there for the taking . |
| 5 | I begged him to strike out when land was there for the taking , but he was a small thinker … a loser . |
| 6 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |