Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] them for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ He stands and looks at them for a long time . |
| 3 | It 's better to walk b back , and look at them for a d you know , from afar , than |
| 4 | He got up and walked over to the group of children and chatted with them for a moment . |
| 5 | Previously , investigations like this had been done mainly from the outsider 's point of view , and it was men like Evans-Pritchard ( 1902–73 ) , Radcliffe-Brown ( 1881–1955 ) , and , particularly , Malinowski ( 1884–1942 ) , who determined that the only really effective way of understanding the way of life of these peoples was to go and live among them for an extended period of time , learning their language , and becoming accepted as a member of their social groups . |
| 6 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 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 . |