Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pers pn] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point some other people arrived to catch the train and his attention turned to them for a split second and within that time the sound of the scrunching footsteps disappeared into the night . |
| 2 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 3 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 4 | ‘ Comm 's working , ’ she said , and listened to it for a few more moments . |
| 5 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 6 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |