Example sentences of "with for a " in BNC.

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1 That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job .
2 And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away .
3 I mentioned a boy who had only been at school for two terms , a boy who had had a limp , someone he had been friendly with for a time .
4 Tony had been unemployed for 9 months , after the roofing firm he had been working with for a year had gone into liquidation .
5 Sometimes loneliness may have to be lived with for a while and not fought against .
6 He will continue to study for his external law degree at the University of London , but does not intend to train as a barrister — an idea that he toyed with for a while .
7 ‘ Each Schmincke stick is satisfyingly substantial to hold ; not so thin and fragile that the slightest pressure will result in breakages and big enough to work with for a considerable length of time .
8 Kate could n't even justify it by saying it was a boy Lizzy loved , whom her daughter had been with for a long time and so sex was a natural progression .
9 Commentary : where an offender is dealt with for a breach of a community service order , he must be sentenced ( if the order is revoked ) in a manner in which he could have been sentenced by the court which made the order , if he is in breach of a probation order , the court may sentence the offender as if he had just been convicted of the offence concerned .
10 ‘ I shall give him to the Geimhreadh to play with for a few nights , ’ he said .
11 Picking up the internal telephone , she buzzed Stephanie , abruptly coming to a decision she 'd been wrestling with for a couple of days , one she considered to be eminently sensible and practical …
12 ‘ And since it 's been over and finished with for a long time , there does n't seem any point in discussing it , especially right now .
13 One of the men in the physiology department of the university here is taking them tomorrow as he is to stay with for a week , who is due home c. 13th and then the judge in whose house I so often stay in London IS coming for a long weekend c. 19th and then I have two or three B&B bods for Festival , giving up our bedroom ( UGH ) .
14 It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well .
15 This is a voucher worth a hundred and sixty pounds with for a three day mini-cruise for two people sharing from Harwich to Hamburg or Harwich to Esbjerg to be used weekdays , until the twentieth of December .
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