Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [pron] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But nice Dr Blake here is going to make it feel better , and I think , to be on the safe side , you 'd better stay with us for a while , just so that we can make sure the headache does n't get any worse . |
| 3 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 4 | It 's only lent to me for a week |
| 5 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 6 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 7 | So dress like us for an hour or so : come close , come closer : brush up against us if that 's what you want . |
| 8 | We 'll be previewing the new speedway season , there 's a look at the greyhound news and a round up of all the local leagues , so stay with us for the next hour . |
| 9 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 10 | In addition to the attendance or financial loss allowance , a member may also claim travelling and subsistence allowances necessarily incurred by him for the purpose of performing an approved duty . |
| 11 | What I could do is play a record but er I ca n't remember so bear with me for a moment . |
| 12 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 13 | Johnson found little support among them for the reformist policies of the government of the day . |
| 14 | Elizabeth was also asked if she would like to make a list of what she does not like about community living but could not think of anything for the moment . |
| 15 | After a month of storage in a tank or lagoon , the slurry should be safe enough for spreading — although cattle should not graze on it for a month . |
| 16 | ‘ No , I have not heard from him for a month now . ’ |
| 17 | She is pleasant enough but how reliable I can not say and I am not depending on her for the birth . |
| 18 | Once territories have been established by young fans , occupants are physically confined within them for the entire duration of the match . |
| 19 | And Jesus does n't just chat to us for the sake of chatting to us , he , when he speaks to us his words have authority , they have input , they are vital and we must pay attention to them . |
| 20 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 21 | He 's not shouting at you for the sake of it — he 's shouting at you in an effort to improve you . |
| 22 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 23 | ‘ Both of youse , just hold onto yourselves for a second . |
| 24 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 25 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 26 | It did not occur to her for a moment that she might not be right . |
| 27 | Just stand by me for a little bit longer . |
| 28 | oh yeah , and end up not speaking to her for a month |
| 29 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 30 | By the time she reached Venice , they had had enough : ‘ they would not go with her for a hundred pound ’ , and left her on her own . |