Example sentences of "with [pers pn] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 2 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 3 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
| 4 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 5 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
| 6 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 7 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 8 | But I do n't think people , some people like you to chat with them for a long time , other people they just like you to serve the , so they can go . |
| 9 | But because mistakes are expensive and we have to live with them for a long time we tend to play safe and go for rather bland schemes . |
| 10 | In fact ( the myth persists ) , even if the slim person does not especially like these foods , he or she sticks with them for a large part of the time in order to maintain a trim figure . |
| 11 | So she can play with them for a little bit . |
| 12 | Often the counsellor of ageing people will experience this when , after talking with them for a short period , many of the pressures and worries appear to be visibly lifted from their shoulders . |
| 13 | In an effort to improve its PR , the country 's most prestigious hunt , pictured above this weekend , invited a journalist to ride out with them for the first time . |
| 14 | ‘ Hardly surprising , with you for a bloody agent , ’ Charles mumbled . |
| 15 | If you are the victim of a burglary , the value of the property that has been stolen might be large or small , but the emotional upset and the feeling that someone else has been in your home can live with you for a long time . |
| 16 | ‘ It is something that tends to live with you for a long time but at least we now have the chance to put the record straight and show that we , too , can play a bit . |
| 17 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 18 | Can you please let me know what the position is with regard to order number 026 that I placed with you for the above tape to run it on VAX 3500 running ULTRIX , at either 6250 or 1600 bpi ? ( ordered on 12 May ) |
| 19 | I 've played along with you for the past hour . |
| 20 | By the time she reached Venice , they had had enough : ‘ they would not go with her for a hundred pound ’ , and left her on her own . |
| 21 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 22 | It was about time she stopped feeling sorry for herself , the hurt and pain of losing mam would be with her for a long time , but Hari knew she could not let her grief incapacitate her , if she did not mend and make shoes she did not eat . |
| 23 | His eyes , glittering with rage , bored into hers for one deadly moment ; then he was out of the office before she could move , and minutes later the showroom door closed with a precision she knew would remain with her for a long time . |
| 24 | While we are there could you excuse yourself , leave me alone with her for a short while . |
| 25 | He lay with her for a little while as if all had been for the best and when , with a sudden , slithering movement , she was off the bed and into her dress , he thanked her , wished her good night . |
| 26 | After more than 20 years of Medau teaching in Edinburgh , Muriel Jessop is taking the step of handing over her class — much to the sadness of her class members , some of whom have been with her for a larger number of those years . |
| 27 | She was picturing her daughter , her beloved Angel , and as the pony stepped daintily over the cobbles she was counting the minutes until she was with her for the first time in nearly six months . |
| 28 | She lived in a dream of love from the moment that he had bowed over her hand when she had been introduced to him by Daisy Warwick at Warwick Castle , and murmured , ‘ Not an American Princess , surely , but a true one , ’ and later that evening , dancing with her for the third time , he had said into her ear , ‘ And can a princess stoop to a mere marquess ? ’ |
| 29 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 30 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |