Example sentences of "with [pron] for a few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
| 2 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |
| 3 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 4 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 5 | Do you think you will be safe , working with me for a few weeks ? |
| 6 | A daughter may start by doing the shopping or going to sit with them for a few hours . |
| 7 | Until commissioned to write this feature , I had never used liquid acrylics and , having now worked with them for a few weeks , I must report that I am completely sold on this exciting medium . |
| 8 | At the same time he supposedly played really well in these matches and got an offer from Juve to stay with them for a few weeks this winter . |
| 9 | Seventeenth August — visited No. 4 Commando ( French Troop ) and decided to remain with them for a few days , due mainly to their hospitality and the change of scene . |
| 10 | We went in to the University and met up with Ian Jamieson , who invited us to come and stay with them for a few days . |
| 11 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
| 12 | He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home . |
| 13 | Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’ |
| 14 | Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 15 | Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days . |
| 16 | And when she jumped up again , the chair sort of stuck to the seat of those awful green breeches she wears and came up with her for a few seconds until the thick syrup slowly came unstuck . |
| 17 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 18 | In the end , the big woman with the cherries in her hat had dragged the now screaming child from his mother 's arms , pulling poor Edith along with her for a few steps until she had dropped sobbing on to the linoleum . |
| 19 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 22 | Manville toyed with it for a few moments , imagining the corridors of the Pentagon and White House alive with zooming figures , grey-flannel covered asses farting tongues of flame . |
| 23 | They can live with it for a few months , but not longer which is why they have such a high turnover of staff . |
| 24 | One day during the early summer , Guy Gibson of Dam Busters fame flew in to Bourn and was with us for a few hours . |
| 25 | ‘ Let's invite him to stay with us for a few days , then you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 26 | When Shanti had been with us for a few days , a friend said to me , ‘ I saw Michael out with the baby in the pram , and I do n't think I 've seen a man look happier in my life . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ She 's been staying with us for a few days . ’ |
| 28 | About fifteen years ago , we had a Nigerian girl living with us for a few months before her marriage , and she was married from our house . |