Example sentences of "[noun] for [pers pn] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You plug it in when you go away and it switches on the light for you at the same time every evening , and switches it off too . |
| 2 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 3 | He shepherded the twins aboard without losing either of them down the gap and found seats for them in the same row . |
| 4 | Joe made room for me with the same amount of good grace he might have afforded an enemy invading his castle and we sat for a few minutes without speaking , inspecting the view . |
| 5 | If you can not find a language helper who only wants to work for one hour a day , try hiring someone to do gardening or housework for you on a more fulltime basis and then use that person also as a language helper until you reach the stage where you can cope with a fulltime language helper . |