Example sentences of "to [pron] for [art] [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 | It was here , in the Syrian capital far to the north of Damascus , that the term ‘ Christian ’ was to be applied to them for the first time . |
| 13 | ‘ … the impracticability of individual copyright holders administering their performing rights effectively means that membership of a performing right society is the only way in which composers , songwriters and music publishers can adequately protect their rights and receive what is due to them for the public use of their work . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 15 | It could also mean ‘ Will you talk to me for a few minutes , I feel sad . ’ |
| 16 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 17 | ‘ Then perhaps you could make a small room available to me for a few hours ? |
| 18 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |
| 19 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 20 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 21 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 22 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 23 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 24 | Janice sends very many thanks to everyone for the lovely flowers she received while in hospital recently and thanks also to the super evening she spent at Avery Hill Easter Party . |
| 25 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 26 | If I could just talk to someone for a few minutes . |
| 27 | He read to himself for a few minutes while William perused the review section , but his agitation could not long be contained in silence . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Well , Norman , we 'll come back to you for a final comment . |
| 30 | 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 . |