Example sentences of "[pron] to [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |
| 2 | Anyway , now that I 've got you to myself for a moment can we make some plans ? |
| 3 | Why do n't you give them to somebody for a present ? |
| 4 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 5 | Her father 's belief that people made their own luck was true , Cora-Beth thought , when by lunchtime the following day Harry had finished his business with the architect and her ruse to have him to herself for a few hours paid off . |
| 6 | ‘ Whatever you say , Mr Jacobsen , ’ she murmured huskily , and he pulled her to him for a last long kiss that left her breathless and trembling . |
| 7 | I think I 'll keep it to myself for a while . |
| 8 | Charles had given it to her for a joke , suggesting she use it as a visual aid to introduce Saussurean linguistics to first-year undergraduates , holding the tube aloft to demonstrate that what is onomatopoeia in one language community may be obscenity in another . |
| 9 | It held the faint tang of a man 's aftershave and she hugged it to her for a moment before realising how ridiculous she was being . |
| 10 | He peered across the tavern , watching a group of men busy baiting a relic-seller who claimed he had Aaron 's beard in a sack and was prepared to sell it to them for a few coins . |
| 11 | The General , perhaps to make his point , informed Aitken of the authoritative report that the government had received and offered to lend it to him for a short while . |
| 12 | My father-in-law bought it for £26 , did it up and gave it to us for a wedding present in June 1969 . |