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1) ADV: be ADV, ADV after v, prep ADV You use here when you are referring to the place where you are.

I'm here all by myself and I know I'm going to get lost...

Well, I can't stand here chatting all day.

...the growing number of skiers that come here...

Sheila was in here a minute ago...

My name is Roseanne and I'm in here for heroin addiction...

I'm not going to stay here. I'm out of here, back down to San Diego...

When Mommy comes, just tell her I'm up here.

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2) ADV: ADV after v, prep ADV, be ADV You use here when you are pointing towards a place that is near you, in order to draw someone else's attention to it.

...if you will just sign here...

Come and sit here, Lauren...

`From there, pulling a line to here,' he said, making invisible drawings in the air...

`It's on the right-hand side of the shopping centre.' - `Okay. Fine.' - `Oh it's here.'

3) ADV: n ADV, ADV after v You use here in order to indicate that the person or thing that you are talking about is near you or is being held by you.

My friend here writes for radio...

I have here at my side Mr. Glenn Williams...

I have a little book here by a lady called Mystic Meg.

4) ADV: n ADV, ADV after v You use here to refer to people in general and their life on Earth.

...where we have come from, where we are going to, or what our purpose here is, if any...

Who are we? What are we doing here?

5) ADV: be ADV to-inf If you say that you are here to do something, that is your role or function.

I'm here to help you...

I'm not here to listen to your complaints.

6) ADV: ADV with be, ADV before v You use here in order to draw attention to something or someone who has just arrived in the place where you are, or to draw attention to the place you have just arrived at.

`Here's the taxi,' she said politely...

`Mr Cummings is here,' she said, holding the door open...

Here comes your husband...

`Okay, here we are,' she said, and inserted her key in the lock...

Here's my apartment.

7) ADV: it v-link ADV that, ADV with v, ADV with cl You use here to refer to a particular point or stage of a situation or subject that you have come to or that you are dealing with.

Both sides will have to sell the agreement to their people. It's here that the real test will come...

It's here that we come up against the difference of approach...

The book goes into recent work in greater detail than I have attempted here...

Here I think it is appropriate to draw your attention to one very specific feature of socialism.

8) ADV: ADV before v, ADV with be You use here to refer to a period of time, a situation, or an event that is present or happening now.

Here comes the summer...

Economic recovery is here...

Here is your opportunity to acquire a luxurious one bedroom home.

9) ADV: ADV be n/wh You use here at the beginning of a sentence in order to draw attention to something or to introduce something.

From Nairobi here's our East Africa correspondent, Colin Blane...

Here is a summer soup that is almost a meal in itself...

Now here's what I want you to do...

So here's what I think.

10) ADV: ADV be n You use here when you are offering or giving something to someone.

You know you can phone me - here's my mother's number...

Here's your coffee, just the way you like it...

Here's my card. You know where to find me...

Here's some letters I want you to sign...

Here's your cash.

11) PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with cl You say `here we are' or `here you are' when the statement that you are making about someone's character or situation is unexpected.

Here you are, saying these terrible things...

Here we are, pretending we're winning.

12) CONVENTION You say `here we are' when you have just found something that you have been looking for.

I rummaged through the drawers and came up with Amanda's folder. `Here we are.'

13) CONVENTION You say `here goes' when you are about to do or say something difficult or unpleasant.

Dr Culver nervously muttered `Here goes,' and gave the little girl an injection.

14) PHRASE You use expressions such as `here we go' and `here we go again' in order to indicate that something is happening again in the way that you expected, especially something unpleasant. [INFORMAL]

`Police! Open up!' - `Oh well,' I thought, `here we go.'...

At first, he was told he was too young and I thought, `Oh, boy, here we go again.'...

Here I go again, confusing the issue.

15) PHRASE (emphasis) You use here and now to emphasize that something is happening at the present time, rather than in the future or past, or that you would like it to happen at the present time.

I'm a practicing physician trying to help people here and now...

Instead of staying in the here and now, you bring up similar instances from the past.

16) PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR after v If something happens here and there, it happens in several different places.

I do a bit of teaching here and there...

He could only understand a word here and there.

17) CONVENTION (formulae) You use expressions such as `here's to us' and `here's to your new job' before drinking a toast in order to wish someone success or happiness.

He raised his glass. `Here's to neighbors.'...

Tony smiled and lifted his glass. `Here's to you, Amy.'