Example sentences of "[vb past] with [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our younger daughter came with us for a year to Australia , where Michael had a visiting Professorship at Sydney University . |
| 2 | Having met Hermione Farthingale , David lived with her for a year . |
| 3 | Brother Eadred rode with us for a while , two or three miles from the abbey gates . |
| 4 | Other times , though , if it was a student who stuck with me for a couple of years , eventually they would get interested in reading in some form . |
| 5 | He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment . |
| 6 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
| 7 | He worked with him for a while , making implements . |
| 8 | She stayed with me for a couple of days before going on to Spain to my sister . |
| 9 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 10 | He stayed with us for a while in Salisbury early in 1921 and I can still hear him thumping away on the piano singing his favourite song ‘ Signora ’ in a not very tuneful voice . |
| 11 | Not really well we the Blackstone engineer fitting up engines , he stayed with us for a while to show us the ropes like you know . |
| 12 | She stayed with us for a month while we regained our strength , doing all the cooking and washing until my mother was fit enough to take over . |