Example sentences of "to [pron] for a [adj] [noun] " 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 | Voluntary Severance that staff will have individual voluntary Severance options made available to them for a limited period . |
| 3 | First-class writers can defy this rule-of-thumb , but anyone else doing so risks alienating readers who have come to them for a particular sort of entertainment . |
| 4 | ‘ But you 've only been talking to them for a little while ! ’ said Angalo . |
| 5 | He peered across the tavern , watching a group of men busy baiting a relic-seller who claimed he had Aaron 's beard in a sack and was prepared to sell it to them for a few coins . |
| 6 | ‘ You can tell if their attitude 's right just by talking to them for a few minutes , ’ he says . |
| 7 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 8 | A solution is to make the following adjustments and stick to them for a few days while the body clock follows the lead given by your altered life-style . |
| 9 | She talked of her children , far away in the north at Alnwick castle with their household , and of the late Spring when she would take her husband home to them for a brief visit . |
| 10 | It 's one of my jobs to meet the boats and this involves assembling the visitors and talking to them for a short while about the wildlife and rules of the island . |
| 11 | Most fish would not be seriously affected by temperatures somewhat outside this range especially if only exposed to them for a short time . |
| 12 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 13 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 14 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 15 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 16 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |
| 17 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 18 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 19 | But no you go up town and get me this you see now she meant that sh sh you know no mampy pampying now , off you go yo you this is going to happen to you for a long time to come . |
| 20 | Well , Norman , we 'll come back to you for a final comment . |
| 21 | Even if you are working or have been away from the University for more than two years you can still have Current Vacancies mailed to you for a small charge . |
| 22 | It would be so much easier Elsie if there was not this huge amount of land separating us and if I could just talk to you for a little while face to face . |
| 23 | But please , I just want to talk to you for a little while . |
| 24 | The first questions that you brought up was , if possible I would be very grateful to you for a brief description of the two raids to Gdynia Pole ninth of October in Colesfield tenth of October nineteen forty three . |
| 25 | We 'll be travelling down under to Australia , and coming live to you for a whole week from Sydney . |
| 26 | ‘ Did you think that I would make love to you for a few days and then let you walk out of my life without trying to get in touch ? ’ |
| 27 | If you are outside London , photocopies can be sent to you for an additional charge or you can use the self-service photocopier if you are in the library . |
| 28 | It had provided the money , and had earmarked it : the local Assembly could not have changed the plans to one for a new school or slaughterhouse . |
| 29 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 30 | She needed to keep it all to herself for a few hours — hours in which she could live that precious time over and over again , recall his kisses , his voice and , above all , the look in his eyes . |