Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] to [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now calm down , and listen to me for a minute . |
| 2 | Listen , listen to me , when it 's finished , instead of putting it in the box we 'll put it on that other one and listen to it for a wee while |
| 3 | I found one guy and talked to him for a while on tape . |
| 4 | I mean it 's very nice to be with a child , a baby , for about three or four hours , but after that you are quite grateful for somebody else to come and play with it for a while , and talk to it for a while . |
| 5 | Émile Chaillot told me that he had telephoned the writer and spoken to him for a good seven minutes about what was going on in the music world . |
| 6 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 7 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 8 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 9 | It 's one of my jobs to meet the boats and this involves assembling the visitors and talking to them for a short while about the wildlife and rules of the island . |
| 10 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She stood stroking the animal and murmuring to it for a moment longer before glancing around the hut . |
| 13 | Ca n't you come and talk to me for a bit ? |