Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] [pers pn] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The County Council er w would train you but you 'd do your erm year 's training and then you had to work for them for a year , I think it was a year or eighteen months . |
| 2 | ‘ Surely I already know what the contents of our contract are — namely , that I am to work for you for a period of eighteen months , after which time you will release me with my debt to you cancelled ? ’ |
| 3 | I would like to talk to you for a minute or two . ‘ |
| 4 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 5 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 7 | ‘ It is time that someone began to look after you for a change , Julia , ’ he said seriously . |
| 8 | Call the dog to you , and encourage it to walk with you for a distance before repeating the process . |
| 9 | Mr. Mendez seemed to stare at him for a While , thinking or just looking . |
| 10 | ‘ I just want to look at you for a moment or two . ’ |
| 11 | Paul Young shared his taxi with Nigel Dempsey and Christopher MacPherson but when they arrived in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , Mr Young was invited to go with them for a drink . |
| 12 | The current state of Preston 's finances put taxi rides across London among the long list of temptations he would have to put behind him for a while . |
| 13 | He seemed to go from her for a moment , then he recollected where he was . |
| 14 | I told him I had learnt how to fight against him for a start . |
| 15 | And , as Appendix III shows , there 's the additional incentive , for many people , in keeping in with Mr Jones in case times get hard and they have to appeal to him for a loan to tide them over . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 18 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 19 | Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet . |
| 20 | I was so glad that the ‘ family ’ came to stay with me for a change . |
| 21 | Looking ahead , we are privileged to have with us for a Conference on 23rd & 24th October , Roger Forster , leader of the Icthus Fellowship in London . |
| 22 | She 'll have to stay on them for a couple of years , more than likely , perhaps for life . |
| 23 | If you ignore the wisdom of your Higher Self , it might not bother to speak to you for a while . |
| 24 | I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment . |
| 25 | In view of what happened on the rugby field last week the French are unlikely to speak to us for a decade or so . |