Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 2 | I enjoyed it for a few weeks but then went to Stanley . ’ |
| 3 | I killed him for no more reason than I wanted to do it . |
| 4 | I said nothing for a few seconds . |
| 5 | I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal . |
| 6 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 7 | I could let you have it for a few months until you get sorted out . ’ |
| 8 | Covering the work to protect from frost and rain , we left it for a few days to dry , which helps the shuttering to loosen itself too . |
| 9 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
| 10 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 11 | He examined it for a few moments , then realised Tock was standing beside him with a can of oil . |
| 12 | It 's so incongruous it stuns me for a few seconds . |
| 13 | He said nothing for a few seconds , and I sensed that I might have unsettled this policeman . |