Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [prep] [pron] for a " 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 | Matilda said , ‘ Please may I talk to you for a moment ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Will you stay with me for a minute ? |
| 7 | Can you think about it for a minute . |
| 8 | ‘ I have to go out ; can you live without me for a couple of hours ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 10 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | I 'd love to see them manage on it for a year |
| 14 | Christine let him stew in it for a few moments . |
| 15 | ’ So I wondered whether it would put you out too much to let her visit with you for a couple of hours . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , just let us talk to him for a few moments , ’ said one of them . |