Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No — nothing for a day or two . ’ |
| 2 | If your weight increases by a few pounds ( about 1 kg ) from one day to the next , do nothing for a day or two to try to redress the balance ; your weight could well drop back quite naturally . |
| 3 | I know you get nothing for a tenner but if you spend hundred pound you can |
| 4 | ‘ Sophie said nothing for a minute and then she said : ‘ On a plane to see Lizzie ’ . ’ |
| 5 | He said nothing for a minute or two and told the person next to him that he was having a bad dream when the stranger woke him up . |
| 6 | Wycliffe said nothing for a while but continued with his study of the cheque stubs . |
| 7 | She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind . |
| 8 | Is it only two weeks since that bleak morning when I had nothing for a future and everything seemed too late , when I dragged myself about the house , alone and miserable and weighed down by self-pity ? |
| 9 | After a lot of pestering I was allowed to speak to two friends who had come to court with me , and I was appalled by having to speak to them through a glass and metal grille thing . |
| 10 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
| 11 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 12 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 13 | I mean in a way I think it 's probably the best thing that 's happened to me for a while cos I could see myself see the thing is I can I was n't ever planning to be here for even six months . |
| 14 | You have to quite carefully , be extra carefully with me for a minute cos I ca n't quite |
| 15 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 16 | He held me for a minute or two , quite tight , kissing and stroking my hair , then we sat down again . |
| 17 | Erm , and actually formalize the assignment , so people will see what you 've got to do , if the others will bear with me for a minute or two . |
| 18 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 19 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 20 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 21 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 22 | ‘ Miss Fitch took Edward and me for a walk and we gathered stones and pebbles . |
| 23 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 24 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
| 25 | It never occurred to me for a moment that she had planned it all in cold blood . ’ |
| 26 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 27 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 28 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 29 | I did n't think they were gon na fucking hit me for a fiver as well . |
| 30 | 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 |