Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] them for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 2 | I had to work on them for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 4 | She 's going to look after them for a little while |
| 5 | At this point some other people arrived to catch the train and his attention turned to them for a split second and within that time the sound of the scrunching footsteps disappeared into the night . |
| 6 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
| 7 | But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go . |
| 8 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 9 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
| 10 | Let's look at each in turn , and see how easy it is to live without them for a short period . |
| 11 | She looked at them for a long time . |
| 12 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 13 | Often the counsellor of ageing people will experience this when , after talking with them for a short period , many of the pressures and worries appear to be visibly lifted from their shoulders . |
| 14 | So she can play with them for a little bit . |
| 15 | It 's one of my jobs to meet the boats and this involves assembling the visitors and talking to them for a short while about the wildlife and rules of the island . |
| 16 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 17 | I had photographs of Anne , naturally , and I 'd stared at them for a whole year , but they were n't very good . |
| 18 | In fact ( the myth persists ) , even if the slim person does not especially like these foods , he or she sticks with them for a large part of the time in order to maintain a trim figure . |