Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just stand by me for a little bit longer . |
| 2 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 3 | What I saw that morning could spoil me for a sexual relationship forever . |
| 4 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 5 | I now see that Travis is so smitten that he would n't accept anything but that , meeting me for the first time when I called at your apartment , you at once became very much attracted to me . |
| 6 | And the sold them for a third profit so what did he sell them for ? |
| 7 | It 's when you 've been flying them for a few days consecutively that it ( pardon the pun ) dawns on them that they could escape and find out what 's over the next hill . |
| 8 | Seventy boys and girls from U6 to U14 played rugby — most of them for the first time ever . |
| 9 | ‘ Though we 'll need to keep an eye on you for a good while afterwards and replenish your fluids thoroughly . |
| 10 | You need a sound night 's sleep to prepare you for the taxing journey tomorrow . |
| 11 | There 's no hurry for that now that the money 's been cut back , Mr Silver can go on economising on space and heat and lighting for his twelve women workers for a good few years yet , and in any case , no-one 's been round to check up on him for a long time now . |
| 12 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 13 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 14 | ‘ Then what happens is , we take him for a little ride out to the Crumbles . ’ |
| 15 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 16 | Shannon had met him for the first time when he 'd arrived to film the pilot episode , and her dislike for the golden Adonis had been instant . |
| 17 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 18 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 19 | Jean Cocteau , Peggy Guggenheim tells us in her autobiography Confessions of an Art Addict , received her for the first time comfortably horizontal between the sheets , smoking opium . |
| 20 | ‘ I only met her for the first time earlier this evening . ’ |
| 21 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 22 | It had prepared her for the coming meeting when she would be alone at last with the youth who was King of England ; the youth she loved … |
| 23 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 24 | Eventually we worked out where the line had been and followed it for a short way up to a demolished bridge . |
| 25 | Cook it for a few minutes longer than stated and eat it |
| 26 | You 've had it for a few years too . |
| 27 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 28 | No what I 'm say what I 'm saying is that that leaving it for a few months probably is n't going to do you any harm . |
| 29 | She held my hand steady to bring the cigarette to the flame and kept it for a few seconds longer than she had to . |
| 30 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |