Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
| 32 | No it 's er I 'm taping all my conversations I have with everybody for a week . |
| 33 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 34 | It is quite usual to seek translation in tables of regnal years such as those printed in the more common reference books without , perhaps , recognising the historical significance of the system or the traps which lie within it for the unwary . |
| 35 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 36 | The surface above her bulged out into a number of large teardrop shapes which hung above her for a moment , trembling slightly , before depositing the Doctor , Miles , Cheryl and Bishop beside her . |
| 37 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 38 | ‘ Will you stay with me for a minute ? |
| 39 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 40 | She gazed at it for a moment . |
| 41 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
| 42 | And they will go by what you want from it for the o , over the next few years you know ? |
| 43 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 44 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 45 | She wandered around it for a minute until she realized it was odd there were no sounds from him . |
| 46 | Let's just tell you what you look like , you came to me for a job you would n't get it . |
| 47 | ‘ No , Nicolo , you listen to me for a change . |
| 48 | " She looking for someone for a job ? " |
| 49 | She came with me for no reason at all , whereas it would have taken quite a few other PCs to shift her . |
| 50 | Then , if you like , you can do a little pantomime routine where you look behind you for the ghost but it follows you around until you finally find it , and then you can do a brief activity with the ghost , like walk around the room in ‘ follow my leader ’ style or sing a song such as ‘ My kneebone 's connected to my thigh bone ’ . |
| 51 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 52 | She stares at me for a moment in her shocked haze of light . |
| 53 | Other times , though , if it was a student who stuck with me for a couple of years , eventually they would get interested in reading in some form . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | As hard as Marshall try to convey the message of versatility in this type of combo , I defy anyone who plugs into it for the first time not to go straight for the overdrive sounds : ‘ If it 's a Marshall then it 's going to rock , whether it wants to or not ! ’ |
| 56 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 57 | ‘ She 's gone to Sam 's party , ’ said Scarlet , hastily , applying the brush to her hair and wondering why it made you feel so odd if you looked at yourself for a long while in the glass . |
| 58 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 59 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 60 | She stared at him for a moment , then grinned . |