Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
2 | ‘ Mr Pinkhammer , ’ he said , ‘ can I speak with you for a minute ? |
3 | May I speak to you for a moment ? ’ he asked in a lower tone . |
4 | 1938 Caption — ‘ And do I put in one for the urn ? ’ |
5 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
6 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
7 | ‘ Will you stay with me for a minute ? |
8 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
9 | What would she write in it for the week in which she visited the fire station ? |
10 | ‘ I have to go out ; can you live without me for a couple of hours ? ’ |
11 | Why do n't you come with us for an hour or so ? |
12 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
13 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
14 | Er , we originally , my wife and I , come from Scotland , and when you get people ringing up from er Scotland saying , well we 're just passing through en route to Paris , or Amsterdam , or somewhere , can we stay with you for a couple of days , it 's very difficult not to say , er , well , I 'm busy is n't it really , and you , you 've got to accept them really ? |
15 | Should we look to it for a pool of inventive talent that actively embodied novelty in its products , and thereby provided pressure for technical change among its customers ; or rather , for provision of engineering skills that responded passively to the demands made upon it by the inventiveness of its clients consumer industries and civil engineers ? |
16 | I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year |
17 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
18 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
19 | She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died . |
20 | ‘ Well , just let us talk to him for a few moments , ’ said one of them . |