Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've had my eye on it for a while , but as an accountant I like to think I 'm getting a bargain , ’ says Mark . |
| 3 | I shut my eyes and hold my lace to hers for a long time . |
| 4 | For it seemed to her then that he was aware that her thoughts were troubled and , when he had no need whatsoever to put himself out , he had decided to take her mind off them for a brief while . |
| 5 | The distinction between the meaning of the word ‘ agent ’ in the common law sense of ‘ special agent ’ and its meaning in what for the want of a better expression I will call its ‘ equitable sense ’ was not expressly pointed out until the judgment of the court was delivered by Slade L.J . |
| 6 | She turned to look into Gazzer 's face , concentrating her attention on him for the first time since he had climbed up to sit beside her in the sand dunes . |
| 7 | Hence I keep their captain before them for a show of mastery . |
| 8 | Facing this creature , like a matador in front of a bull , is a man who never takes his eye off it for a moment . |
| 9 | He turned his back on them for a moment , hands planted on his hips . |
| 10 | A girl and her boyfriend had fallen out and he went round to her house the next evening to apologise , taking his dog with him for the walk . |
| 11 | Housman then kept his version by him for the rest of his life , not collecting it in A Shropshire Lad , nor in his Last Poems ( 1922 ) . |
| 12 | He put his arm round her for a moment . |
| 13 | Leonora felt better once she was in the taxi , particularly since Penry not only held her hand , but kept his arm round her for the entire journey , taking her mind very successfully off the evening ahead by the sheer joy of just being with him after a week apart . |
| 14 | Can you just get up and look under your seat for me for a moment ? |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd prefer to keep our secret to ourselves for a bit , ’ Adam said firmly . |