Example sentences of "[pron] for [art] [adj] [noun pl] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 2 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 3 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 4 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 5 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 6 | A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style . |
| 7 | Do a few products and then , leave them for a few days and go back and integrate them . |
| 8 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 9 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 10 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 11 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
| 12 | To all my brothers and sisters who took the time to visit and send cards when I was ill , thank you for the encouraging words and scripture . |
| 13 | An isolationist king means that the land of Ulthuan can turn in on itself for a thousand years or more . |
| 14 | Azmaveth considered something for a few moments and then nodded to herself , as if she 'd made a decision . |
| 15 | The first is that some 600,000 debt cases ( that is , all types of unpaid debt , including rent and fuel bills as well as unmet credit obligations ) have had to be settled in court each year : that 's one for every 30 families or so . |
| 16 | He gained a reputation as the Buster Keaton of the cricket world , a man who rarely seemed to have any expression on his face and who was not one for the excited cavortings that greet the fall of a wicket ; yet behind the mask a good deal of thought was given to his bowling , and he was liked and respected by his fellow players . |
| 17 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
| 18 | The regime thus charged him with damage of government property and jailed him for a few months until he was released under a general amnesty . |
| 19 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 20 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 21 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 22 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 23 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 24 | In fact , she did not realise she was to have the honour conferred on her for a few days after the letter arrived . |
| 25 | In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum . |
| 26 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
| 27 | Did Changez have any idea of the reluctance with which his bride-to-be , now moving across to her bookshelf , picking up a book by Kate Millett , staring into it for a few minutes and replacing it after a reproachful and pitying glance from her mother , would be exchanging vows with him ? |
| 28 | Halt it for a few minutes and it would die altogether . |
| 29 | So have a look through your book have a very quick glance at erm if you can just at an acid alkali one , at one side of an equation co try not to read it cover it up write it down and leave it for a few minutes till you 've forgotten if you did accidentally see what was on the other side till you 've forgotten it . |
| 30 | In that case the Lapp had said he would do it for a few drinks if we had any with us . |