Example sentences of "[prep] she for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 2 | Maurice stared after her for a moment . |
| 3 | Oh , indeed so , erm our domestic life is extraordinarily complicated but when , after my maternity leave expired and when I 'd finished having time off and breast feeding the baby , he in fact looked after her for a term in Cambridge and I came back to Sussex and taught during the week and went back to my daughter and husband at weekends , and now he 's actually taking leave in his turn , if you like , so that he can be the back-up here while I teach and do my work this year . |
| 4 | He came from Cambridge , and I have n't heard of her for a number of years . |
| 5 | Iskandara had felt behind her for a chair back and now stood gripping it , her free hand clenched about the head of her stick . |
| 6 | ‘ I have an old friend who works for a publisher in New York and I stayed with her for a couple of weeks while I found a job . |
| 7 | Maybe you can get somebody to move in with her for a couple of days . |
| 8 | When she finally had to put down my old cat Mrs , she said afterwards , ‘ Would you like to stay and be alone with her for a while ? |
| 9 | Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | How he had intended that they should live with her for a while , and how his mother had a grudge against Bridget , and the terrible row they had had the previous night , and how they did n't know where they were going to live . |
| 12 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 13 | Having met Hermione Farthingale , David lived with her for a year . |
| 14 | When she does so , you or another relative could suggest staying there with her for a day or two until she is ready to face the loneliness she has to learn to live with . |
| 15 | ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’ |
| 16 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 17 | Artegall remains with her for a time and restores order : |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The surface above her bulged out into a number of large teardrop shapes which hung above her for a moment , trembling slightly , before depositing the Doctor , Miles , Cheryl and Bishop beside her . |
| 20 | They were in 'er for a dinner Which was excellent , in Pinner , And another one , a cracker , In Majacca — that 's in Spain |
| 21 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 22 | He seemed to go from her for a moment , then he recollected where he was . |
| 23 | He put his arm round her for a moment . |
| 24 | Oh yes , one of the , one of the surprises of this was discovering that in fact one of the people who knew Florence Kelly and indeed worked for her for a while , and who herself set up a minimum wage board in Washington , in the District of Columbia , is indeed still alive , and has very powerful memories of , of both the people and the activities of the movement . |
| 25 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 26 | Kyle pretended to gaze around the carriage , his eyes lingering on her for a moment . |
| 27 | His hand could only have been on her for a matter of seconds , if that , but when he released her she felt as though her skin had been scorched |
| 28 | Mrs Grandison had promised her daughter that they would not inflict themselves on her for a meal — realising that Lady Selvedge might well be something of an infliction — and had assumed that from Victoria they would take a taxi to some Soho restaurant or perhaps Simpsons in the Strand . |
| 29 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 30 | After talking to her for a while I asked her if she was English . |