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Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ That may appeal to you , but there 's no way I would consider it even for a moment . ’
2	But he was either moody and difficult , or else in tearing spirits , playing with the children and upsetting them so that their mother would come and whip them afterwards for the noise they made .
3	They can give you more for a start .
4	No , I 'll give 'em away for a farthin' . ’
5	I know what you girls are like , you say you 'll just have it short to see what it looks like , and then you say Pedro at the salon wo n't let you grow it just for the moment , and then you say you 've got to look your best for some wedding or other and you ca n't go with it straggly and then you end up not growing it again and if I do n't mention it every week you think I 've learned to like it and if I do mention it every week you think I 'm nagging so I do n't mention it and I 'm stuck with it .
6	I 'll have a bath an' all an' my brither-in-law 'll see me right for the gear . ’
7	I wo n't see you again for the rest of the time
8	‘ Fortunately , the nail had only gone into his chest wall and did not enter his lungs , we shall keep him here for a day or two under observation . ’
9	‘ I used to visit it everyday and it 's just so hard to know I wo n't see it again for a while .
10	‘ Will you take the dog back with you or shall I keep it here for a while ? ’
11	Is it not high time that a proper review was carried out of exacty what space exists throughout the Palace , so that we can use it well for the benefit of our constituents and for other purposes ?
12	I know what you mean , your husband 's gon na miss you there for a couple of nights
13	Yeah can I just stop you just for a second ?
14	Can I just , can I just stop you there for a minute .
15	She would see– him occasionally for the rest of her life , and she wanted to be able to chat to him , invite him for more games of chess , more visits to historic gardens .
16	I 'll join you later for the barbecue . ’
17	Do n't have it just for the thing that 's free inside .
18	Er right I 'll just leave you there for a moment and put that back up there .
19	Let me leave you there for the moment with my views of high morale as I saw it , and I saw a great deal of it during my constant circuit within the Command .
20	I wo n't mention it again for a while . ’
21	I could tell he was keen from the fact that he did n't mention it again for a couple of years .
22	Entrenched competitors can make it hard for a supplier to win new orders .
23	He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again .
24	Well then , if , we can put them away for a week
25	Though she 'd never worked in insurance , her potential employers thought her smiling manner and evident efficiency would equip her well for the task , particularly as she appeared a quick learner , and did well in the practical assignment they gave her during the period of the interview itself .
26	I 'm only gon na put it there for a couple of minutes .
27	Treat the family and serve it with your favourite meats and salads — do n't save it just for the turkey !
28	Even before you understand the words of a text you could play it sometimes for the sake of the intonation , as mentioned in ch. 2.1.1. of this book under the heading of LISTENING .
29	Now independent taxation , as you may know , came in , we 're now in ninety three four , I 've only just altered the heading because very little else has changed and I 'm a lazy so and so I ca n't rewrite it just for the heading .
30	We get a glimpse of it when Curtis argues , in support of his view that America should have Near Eastern mandates , that this would place her advantageously for the regeneration of post-revolutionary Russia ; as ‘ steward of the Near East ’ , she could ‘ extend to the blind giant the neighbourly hand of a friendship which is open to no suspicion ’ .