Example sentences of "[verb] with her for " in BNC.

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1 I have sat with her for hours spooning broth into her and a tedious business it is to make sure any of it goes down .
2 I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while .
3 But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up .
4 Last I heard she was living with her for .
5 Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya .
6 These sounds and sights of East Anglia , she felt , would remain with her for the rest of her life .
7 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 .
8 Having met Hermione Farthingale , David lived with her for a year .
9 I lived with her for four years .
10 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 .
11 ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’
12 She knew that was one of many memories which would stay with her for the rest of her life .
13 She let us stay with her for a week after Dada — ’ She paused , and again her hesitation appeared as if her mind were groping for an answer or a revelation to something she could n't understand ; then she said , ‘ After Dada … died .
14 It would stay with her for the rest of her life .
15 Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while .
16 But the thought did n't stay with her for long .
17 I offered to go with her for company and safety really , since it was dangerous to go out alone in conditions like that .
18 Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity .
19 An order had been placed with her for ‘ Charlie ’ — a code word for cocaine — in a call made through the main Palace switchboard .
20 ‘ You wanting to sleep with her for example . ’
21 It was all right for Piers : he had played with her for the hell of it , while making no bones about telling her that she was little more than a convenient body .
22 Craig had been staying with her for some weeks now and she had grown used to seeing him there in her kitchen .
23 Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend .
24 Maria 's sister is ill , so she will be staying with her for a few days . ’
25 Erm Sandy 's staying with her for a few days .
26 Erm , Sandy 's staying with her for a few days .
27 And that night when Linnet , face to face with her own reflection in her solitary looking-glass and the stark realization of how much it had really meant to her , had been unable to sleep Tristan had walked with her for hours in the manor garden , Gemma watching them from her bedroom window as they paced beneath the chestnut trees , engrossed , almost entwined , like turning to like , intent wholly and exclusively upon one another .
28 I sympathised with her for , after all , Notts County was the oldest league club in the world , and this was the season when Tom Keetley scored a record thirty-nine goals and we came top of Third Division South .
29 He chatted with her for a few minutes , then placed the bag of clothes into the boot of his car , and headed for home .
30 Eva already had the uniforms she had brought with her for the youth congress .
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