Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] for [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 2 | Would those older cadets actually report him for such an infringement , on Lexandro 's part , of cousinly courtesy ? |
| 3 | That we sit down with the figures and it might be another thing like we did with the bridal magazines , that we go to somebody and say , look we would like to do this to increase our turnover , will you fund us for half a year ? |
| 4 | " To a pint of cream put a pound of double-refined sugar , the juice of seven lemons , grate the rinds of two lemons into a pint of white wine , add half a pint of sack , then put them all into a deep pot , and whisk them for half an hour , put it into glasses the night before you want it : it is better for standing two or three days , but it will keep a week if required . " |
| 5 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 6 | He wondered how much it would cost to buy her for half an hour . |
| 7 | It was ten o'clock and she had been ignoring it for half an hour . |
| 8 | But Charlton joint manager Alan Curbishley said : ‘ They slaughtered us for half an hour — but only half an hour . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 10 | I , I think most people would feel , we 've been doing it for such a while |
| 11 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |
| 12 | ‘ We 've been trying to wake him for half an hour , ’ said Fritz . |
| 13 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 14 | Shelley stayed in her villa , regretting the incident , yet blaming her chief for not preparing her for such a patient . |
| 15 | sort of read through a bit about it and then when you 've read it , put the book away and leave it for half an hour or an hour or something and then try and draw a rough outline of some of the main points . |
| 16 | they leave it for half an hour . |
| 17 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
| 18 | But actually I had her for half an hour to the commands and everything . |
| 19 | We ran it for half a century and left behind a road network , ginger beer and a cricket green in the capital , Corfu Town . |
| 20 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |