Example sentences of "[was/were] with [pron] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I was with him for four hours and got nowhere ; I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail . |
2 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
3 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
4 | Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market . |
5 | He was a remarkable parliamentarian and , as a Minister , he was with me for many years . |
6 | The Italian , who was with me for two months , became really rather tiresome and disruptive , especially to the charming young German working hard for her exams . |
7 | ‘ If you remember , Luke Scott was with us for six months as a favour to the station 's director-general , who was a friend of his , because our listenership figures were dropping and we were losing advertising . |
8 | ‘ One of our sons was with us for eight months before going away to the other end of the earth — I could n't even phone him . |