Example sentences of "[pron] to [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ? |
| 2 | Why do n't you give them to somebody for a present ? |
| 3 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 4 | I think I 'll keep it to myself for a while . |
| 5 | It held the faint tang of a man 's aftershave and she hugged it to her for a moment before realising how ridiculous she was being . |
| 6 | Charles had given it to her for a joke , suggesting she use it as a visual aid to introduce Saussurean linguistics to first-year undergraduates , holding the tube aloft to demonstrate that what is onomatopoeia in one language community may be obscenity in another . |
| 7 | My father-in-law bought it for £26 , did it up and gave it to us for a wedding present in June 1969 . |