Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ May I stay here for a pot of tea ? ’ |
| 3 | I 've been so hoping you would soon be ready to join Brownies , but how can I pass over to a Brownie Guider a girl who wo n't lend a hand without being given something first and who does n't know the first thing about being obedient ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why should I go out on a day like this ? ’ she asked . |
| 5 | Can I pick up on a point that you 've just made Mr Sedgewick and also points made by those on your right about exceptions and presumptions . |
| 6 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 7 | May I come in for a moment ? |
| 8 | Bill , could I come back to a quotation by another former Tory Prime Minister in the nineteen sixties , erm they were ragging old Douglas Hume unmercifully , the Labour Party did , when he was made Prime Minister , and , you know , erm all 's fair in politics , and Harold Wilson , I think , made the comment that the democracy of this country had ground to a halt with the appointment of the fourteenth earl , and Douglas Hume , in his sort of very self-deprecating way and his very modest way , says ‘ well , you know , I suppose if one were to ask , he 's probably the fourteenth Mr Wilson ’ . |
| 9 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 10 | Jenny let them spin on for a while ; but she was above all things a sensible girl and had no desire to find herself irretrievably stuck . |
| 11 | Could you stay here for a minute ? |
| 12 | Pressing herself close as she kissed him , she pleaded , ‘ Ca n't you stay here for a while , Seb ? |
| 13 | Do you wait around with a gun in your hand to shoot me down when I finally stagger out ? |
| 14 | Why should she hang around on a window seat in the middle of the night ? |
| 15 | Do you feel up to a bit of leg work ? ’ |
| 16 | What else did you do just as a cabin boy ? |
| 17 | Would she grow up into a street urchin , plimsolls , no socks , grimy tee shirt , with a London accent grating on a nicely-brought-up ear ? |
| 18 | Do you work well in a team ? |
| 19 | Do you remember when as a child you would stand transfixed , gazing up at the grandfather clock , with your little heart beating faster and faster as the minute hand slowly crept up to the hour when suddenly , with magical ringing chimes it burst into life . |
| 20 | And nor , she might have added , did she run away from a fight . |
| 21 | At the question session afterwards , one disgruntled UFO watcher summed up the audience 's feelings : ‘ If you want to talk about psychology , why do n't you bugger off to a psychology conference . |
| 22 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 23 | When you stop a diet is it because you plan to , or do you go suddenly into a binge ? |
| 24 | Did she go along with a friend ? |
| 25 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 26 | They 're not gon na let you get away with a lot ! |
| 27 | How often do you get out for a walk in the countryside or even in the local park ? |
| 28 | So we 'll get a fourth we get one of those how many fourth would you get out of a half ? |
| 29 | Quarter so how many quarters would you get out of a half ? |
| 30 | Could you get together with a supplier of high class ( quality ) foam and give us a design which is ergonomically good , visually pleasing , fairly simple to construct , adjustable , and something I can go to sleep in . |