Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Princesse Mathilde came to see them for a weekend . |
| 2 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 3 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 4 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 5 | ‘ I have to see someone for a minute . |
| 6 | You may then decide that either you do not need to interview anyone at all because no job exists or that you need to interview someone for a quite different role , perhaps involving taking on various responsibilities of other employees which together form a more rational and cohesive whole . |
| 7 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 8 | In 1989 , the wife of the " Yorkshire Ripper " was awarded £600,000 by a jury to compensate her for a false story in " Private Eye " , published eight years previously , to the effect that she had been prepared to sell her story to newspapers . |
| 9 | Some connection having been made in his mind , he began to rebuke her for a belief in the reality of Noah 's Ark , which he referred to sarcastically as the Myth of the Deluge . |
| 10 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 11 | ‘ I was wondering whether you 'd arranged to meet her for a talk — to break the news to her ? ’ |
| 12 | It was a nice face and , other things being equal , she would have responded to that first , she had been wanting to get to know him for a long time . |
| 13 | Going it alone in difficult times is not to be recommended , but if you wish to try it for a few weeks then there is no harm done , simply time lost if you are unsuccessful . |
| 14 | You 'll just have to bear it for a little while longer . ’ |
| 15 | The eyes flickered up to meet mine for a split second before returning to his notes . |
| 16 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 17 | Until you know that a certain person is going to be a good language helper , it is best to engage him/her for a day or a week at a time . |
| 18 | The staff would n't arrive to set them for a while yet . |
| 19 | The name seemed to halt him for a moment , but when his hands were again moving over her , the scream she let out crying , ‘ Mother ! |
| 20 | There were enough provisions here to feed her for a week — and in far more luxury than she would have dreamt of buying for herself . |
| 21 | They kept in touch and then , last March , Jakki took up Jim 's invitation to visit him for a week 's holiday . |
| 22 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 23 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 24 | Tory plans to sell it for a small shopping mall were scuppered when Labour seized control last year . |
| 25 | Wish she 'd come and tell me how to set ours for a film that 's on about |
| 26 | TO our delight Edinburgh 's own novelist Lucilla Andrews accepted and invitation to visit us for a formal presentation of some signed copies of her books . |
| 27 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 28 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 29 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |