Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 2 | For it seemed to her then that he was aware that her thoughts were troubled and , when he had no need whatsoever to put himself out , he had decided to take her mind off them for a brief while . |
| 3 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 4 | Silence fell between them for a few steps , then he said , his tone slightly different , ‘ I 've heard on the grapevine that you came to Glasgow from Heymouth , and that you were involved in the disaster there last August . ’ |
| 5 | The implied criticism hung in the air between them for a few moments . |
| 6 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 7 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 8 | I 've been after them for a long time and I 'll get them for this . ’ |
| 9 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 10 | She 's going to look after them for a little while |
| 11 | You could decide to work at a time when your partner or a friend is round to see the baby , or arrange for someone — a childminder or relative — to look after her for a few hours each week . |
| 12 | Snappy bounded after her for a few yards , then scampered away to follow his mistress . |
| 13 | No , yeah I 'll come with you , you go off and stay with Joyce , look after her for a little while and let Kenneth sort things out ! |
| 14 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 15 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 16 | been round there once or twice after him for a different thing . |
| 17 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 18 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 19 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 20 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 21 | Er Lot number three Lot number three the Canton trays there we are there we 've got a sample showing for you Lot number three , there are seven of them in the Lot all seven of them for a hundred and fifty pounds at one hundred and fifty , sixty , seventy , one eighty , one ninety , two hundred , two twenty , forty , sixty two eighty I 'm offered two hundred and eighty pounds you 're on three hundred for you sir three hun three twenty three fifty , three eighty go to four hundred four twenty four fifty four eighty five hundred and fifty and you bet against you both now five hundred and fifty is offered against you both now , five fifty five hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 22 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
| 23 | There was sand everywhere between the knee-high crags , so I climbed on one of them for a better view . |
| 24 | Some people have felt that this borrowing from Dorothy and others shows a certain egotism on Wordsworth 's part , but it was his method as an artist to absorb things into himself , and think of them for a long period before writing them down ; nor is it necessary to maintain , in any case , that the ‘ I ’ of a Wordsworth poem is necessarily the poet himself — it may stand as a universal shorthand symbol with which the reader can equally identify . |
| 25 | I have n't seen one of them for a long time |
| 26 | ‘ I have n't done any of them for a long time . |
| 27 | I have n't had one of them for a long time . |
| 28 | Could do with one of them for a long time , could n't I ? |
| 29 | ‘ It has two rooms and she is willing to let your client move into one of them for a short period . |
| 30 | Further inquiries , by the CIA , had established that these digital electric timers were prototypes , unique to Meister et Bollier of Zurich , who had made 20 of them for a Libyan intelligence organization in 1985 . |