Example sentences of "[be] [verb] with [pron] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So what have you been doing with yourself for the last five years ? ’ he asked , leaning back in his chair and looking quizzically at her . |
| 2 | I recently heard of a family who invited to church some friends who were staying with them for the weekend . |
| 3 | As it seems that the ancient and archaic NDB is to remain with us for the foreseeable future , this might be a good time to take a closer look at its failings as an aid to navigation ? |
| 4 | Comrade Wu , our guide who is coming with us for the rest of the tour , is teaching us some Chinese in the evenings , and we are trying out some new phrases every day and causing them some amusement . |
| 5 | If so , it was at Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cummage ’ ) that Coleridge first set foot within that secluded , forgotten territory , bounded by the Quantock Hills and a bleakly impressive coastline , which was to remain with him for the rest of his life . |
| 6 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 7 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 8 | Jazz 's target was to stay with him for the full four minutes . |