Example sentences of "[adv] see [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only saw him for a moment , but my blood seemed to freeze . |
| 2 | I only saw her for a day or two . ’ |
| 3 | It looked tall but I only saw it for a moment . ’ |
| 4 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 5 | ‘ We no see you for an age . |