1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Genesis, 2, viii,
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

(Phone rings)
MAN: Hello. Philosophy Department.
CALLER: Is Jack there?
MAN: Well, what do we mean when we say, "Jack"? Is there really such an entity? Or is Jack simply a description? A label. There are countless people who call themselves Jack. Can they all be doing so accurately? And by the way, where is this "there" you speak of? As I listen to you, I experience your voice as a physical sensation within my head. Certainly Jack isn't in there. Wherever your entity called Jack is, it's probably safe to say that that is where he is. At least for the moment.

He did not stop there, but continued his speech.

They patched up their differences, but matters did not end there.

1769, King James Bible, Oxford Standard text, Job, 28, vii,
There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

These firms do not want the truth to get out and are financing these flights in the hope of dazzling the public. Yet the record of the gas engine is there for all to see.

There, there. Everything is going to turn out all right.

anyway what was the use of my having come from Oakland it was not natural to have come from there yes write about it if I like or anything if I like but not there, there is no there there.

Some of these theres are actual, that is, situated in currently ... Other theres are only virtual

You rinse and de-string the green beans; I'll take it from there.

There are two apples on the table. [=Two apples are on the table.]

There is no way to do it. [=No way to do it exists.]

Is there an answer? [=Does an answer exist?]

No, there isn't. [=No, one doesn't exist.]

1908, C. H. Bovill (lyrics), Jerome D. Kern (music), There’s Something Rather Odd About Augustus, song from the musical Fluffy Ruffles,
It's very sad but all the same, / There’s something rather odd about Augustus.

1909, Leo Tolstoy, translator not mentioned, There are No Guilty People, in The Forged Coupon and Other Stories,
There was a time when I tried to change my position, which was not in harmony with my conscience; […] .

There are intentional and unintentional towns.

If x is a positive number, then there exists [=there is] a positive number y less than x.

There remain several problems with this approach. [=Several problems remain with this approach.]

Once upon a time, in a now-forgotten kingdom, there lived a woodsman with his wife. [=There was a woodsman, who lived with his wife.]

There arose a great wind out of the east. [=There was now a great wind, arising in the east.]

1895, Sabine Baring-Gould, A Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes: Nursery Songs, XXII: The Tree in the Wood,
All in a wood there grew a fine tree,

1897, James Baldwin, The Story of Abraham Lincoln: The Kentucky Home, in Four Great Americans,
Not far from Hodgensville, in Kentucky, there once lived a man whose name was Thomas Lincoln.

1904, Uriel Waldo Cutler, Stories of King Arthur and His Knights, Chapter XXXI: How Sir Launcelot Found the Holy Grail,
On a night, as he slept, there came a vision unto him, and a voice said, "Launcelot, arise up, and take thine armour, and enter into the first ship that thou shalt find."

There seems to be some difficulty with the papers. [=It seems that there is some difficulty with the papers.]

I expected there to be a simpler solution. [=I expected that there would be a simpler solution.]

There are beginning to be complications. [=It's beginning to be the case that there are complications.]

Hi there! I’m Anna and I live in Washington, D.C.
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