Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [adv] for [art] [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 | Can I come up for a moment ? ’ |
| 4 | May I come in for a moment ? |
| 5 | Well Miss rang me up about twenty to nine and said could I come in for the day and I said you 've had it for the day though consider the afternoon . |
| 6 | If I 've had a big bill , occasionally I 've had to say to my mum ‘ I 've no money left , can I come down for the week ? ’ and I 've had to go down there . |
| 7 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 8 | Which way shall I turn round for the fringe ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Could you stay here for a minute ? |
| 11 | Pressing herself close as she kissed him , she pleaded , ‘ Ca n't you stay here for a while , Seb ? |
| 12 | What do you fear most for the future ? |
| 13 | Why do n't you stop here for the morning ? |
| 14 | Where did you go away for a fortnight to ? |
| 15 | Should she go in for a drink ? |
| 16 | Should you pay more for the rock — especially if there is something else attached to the rock , other than your intended purchase ? |
| 17 | How often do you get out for a walk in the countryside or even in the local park ? |
| 18 | why do n't you shut up for a moment |
| 19 | Did you write off for a catalogue ? |
| 20 | Why do n't you come here for a while . |
| 21 | Wo n't you come in for a minute ? |
| 22 | Will you come in for a cup of tea ? |
| 23 | Can you sit down for a while after that ? |
| 24 | Can you find out for the Army for me ? |
| 25 | er , how long have we got , oh about , not even half way through the tape yet , shall we go upstairs for a bit ? |
| 26 | ‘ Should we pop out for an hour or so and take a late breakfast ? ’ |
| 27 | She wants to escape from home , and the least we can do is to let her stay here for a while . |
| 28 | Then I let her warble on for a while about the trials of high office , and feign interest in titbits of gossip from the upper echelons . |
| 29 | I missed several classes because they put me up in , for instance I , when I came up from the infants to the big school I missed the first standard and they put me into standard two and I went from two , three , four , five , six , seven and seven and I was only eleven , you see , so I did pretty well and then the Headmaster came to my parents and said , why do n't you let her go in for a scholarship to Stowmarket Secondary and so I went in for that and er there was one other girl went as well , there were two of us and erm , and of course we only heard during the summer break and er we passed . |
| 30 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |