Example sentences of "with [pron] for a [adj] [noun] " 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 | We 've already been working closely with them for a long time because of the shared ownership . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | So she can play with them for a little bit . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Never get bored with the fact that you 've been with someone for a long time , it 's a good thing , not a bad thing . |
| 13 | And I want to work with you for a new Kenya . ’ |
| 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 | My brother was with her for a long while . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | While we are there could you excuse yourself , leave me alone with her for a short while . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 24 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 25 | Well Chris says he 's got ta keep in with him for a little while , he said he |
| 26 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 27 | You 're not the sort of girl to … dammit ! you 're not a slut like Bella , who 'll sleep with anyone for a cheap thrill . |
| 28 | It is a growing problem partly and one that is likely to be with us for a long time . |
| 29 | It is likely to be with us for a long time to come . ’ |
| 30 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |