Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
| 2 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 3 | My first stop was at the Halcyon Days stand where I found Mrs Benjamin with her husband ; she runs the wonderful Halcyon Days shop in Brook Street , which is such a godsend to so many of us for an attractive last-minute present . |
| 4 | He or she will then telephone and make an appointment for you for an interview . |
| 5 | We can arrange this for you for an additional fee . |
| 6 | He kept her hand imprisoned beneath his for an endless moment before carefully removing it and picking up his wine glass . |
| 7 | To reduce the magnification soak up some of the water drop by gently touching a piece of paper tissue or blotting paper against it for an instant . |
| 8 | So dress like us for an hour or so : come close , come closer : brush up against us if that 's what you want . |
| 9 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 10 | You have n't been in touch with me for an age , and I have wanted you since I saw you again at dinner . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And after last night 's performance of Hamlet , some of his friends from the theatre had come back with him for an informal reading of their next play . |
| 14 | I probably wo n't catch up with him for an hour or more , but when I do , people will be astounded to learn his identity . ’ |
| 15 | It 's tuesday and so Dr Kathleen Long 's here with us for an open surgery . |
| 16 | Why do n't you come with us for an hour or so ? |
| 17 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 18 | If you are outside London , photocopies can be sent to you for an additional charge or you can use the self-service photocopier if you are in the library . |
| 19 | His hands tightened on her for an instant , and then he let her go . |
| 20 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 21 | Faye could not paint or draw while lying in bed , but in the mornings Belinda usually read to her for an hour while she rested her eyes , then left her alone for the remainder of the morning to rest or scribble ideas for future painting projects . |
| 22 | He seemed to stand over her for an eternity , about to strike . |
| 23 | However anyone looking to it for an explanation of how women have come to be excluded so completely from the control of machines , or even for a theoretical framework within which to pose such a question , is in for a disappointment . |
| 24 | If your college is not yet involved in the programme you can write to us for an application form at the address given below and we will endeavour to link you into a college undertaking the programme . |
| 25 | If by then you 're not completely hooked ( We know you will be ! ) then we insist that you send it back to us for an immediate full refund . |
| 26 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | Frau Nordern gazed at him for an icy moment then stalked into the bedroom . |
| 30 | He was just about to shrug off the question with ‘ I du n no ’ when he noticed that George and the twins were looking at him for an answer . |