Example sentences of "[pron] for an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you leave it with me for an hour , I 'll pencil in the vowels and divide up the words at the end of the sentences . ’ |
| 2 | And , her tone suddenly changing completely , ‘ Would it really hurt you so much to pretend to be me for an hour ? ’ she asked mournfully . |
| 3 | I , I just ask him if , and it , the question that I 'm interested in the answer to , like how did it go ? and , now he talks at me for an hour until Diane comes in and says enough Vaughany , cos she can see I sort of trying to edge away |
| 4 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
| 5 | Do n't think the morality of it troubles me for an instant . |
| 6 | Claris looks out from under her limp-brimmed woollen hat and asks me for an orange with a charming broken-toothed smile . |
| 7 | ‘ I know God originally intended me for an angel , ’ she said crossly , brushing wood shavings from her knees . |
| 8 | You have n't been in touch with me for an age , and I have wanted you since I saw you again at dinner . |
| 9 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 10 | Rest them for an hour . |
| 11 | Nigel , who in any case really delighted in sows ' ears which had the faintest possibility of turning into even cotton purses , beavered away with them for an hour or more before unceremoniously dumping them in the dustbin and banging down the lid . |
| 12 | Simmer them for an hour . |
| 13 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
| 14 | Photographing them for an interval gives portions of particle paths , which , if short enough , can be used to synthesize a streamline pattern even in unsteady flow ( e.g. Fig. 3.7 ) . |
| 15 | Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day . |
| 16 | When someone 's silent for a long time , ask them for an opinion . |
| 17 | Teign Machine Knitters welcome visitors to the area who are missing their knitting to join them for an evening . |
| 18 | In the case of music examinations there are doubtless some teachers who keep their pupils back and refuse to enter them for an examination unless they are virtually certain that they will succeed . |
| 19 | Again , like Microsoft , WordPerfect UK would rather that you contacted them for an upgrade . |
| 20 | Whether it 's to reward ourselves for an achievement , or to lift our spirits , many women find little can compete with the rustle of tissue paper and the thrill of slipping into a pristine new outfit . |
| 21 | It is the one subject which for an Englishman has the claim of universality . |
| 22 | Similarly , the autonomy which for an agency is a problem of organizational control is for the enforcement agent a source of personal control , providing satisfaction and professional pride . |
| 23 | Undismayed , he haled an old man out of the audience , stuck him in the chair , and then spoke himself for an hour and answered all the questions . |
| 24 | The serious business of gaining an Oxford scholarship and some measure of financial independence had begun and , for a time , gave Edward the drive necessary to matriculate easily as a non-collegiate student at Oxford , to live in lodgings there , and to attend a full course of lectures to prepare himself for an entrance scholarship to Balliol , Merton , or Lincoln . |
| 25 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 26 | I 'll use you for an excuse . |
| 27 | I want you for an angel ! |
| 28 | I would n't want you for an enemy , Harry . |
| 29 | For example : I 'm sorry to keep pressing you for an answer but we do need to make a decision if we are to avoid being the last in the market with this product : Is it to be A or B ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ We no see you for an age . |