Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 2 | you owe me that for a year . |
| 3 | Pressed more closely he told me that for a number of years Laura had lived an almost schizophrenic life , symbolized by two quite different wardrobes — one for her parents , ‘ the Goody-Twoshoes suits ’ , the other for what she believed to be her real self . |
| 4 | And when I erm , first got them cos my granny got me some for a birthday present |
| 5 | ‘ These new lambs would die if I could n't keep them warm for a while . |
| 6 | They gie ye half-price for a cholera . |
| 7 | Miss Harker stared at them uncomprehending for a second . |
| 8 | They 're a damn sight more efficient than this I 'll tell you that for a start |
| 9 | And he ai n't ! is not gon na , I tell you that for a start ! |
| 10 | Are you due for a screen test ? |
| 11 | Shildon said : ‘ Are you free for a meeting this evening ? ’ |
| 12 | You okay for a minute mum ? |
| 13 | ‘ Aquarius , Taurus , Leo and Scorpio figure very strongly in the Royal Family 's charts and very strongly in Diana 's , so when you get a powerful connection like that with marriage partners it can either be the most sensationally passionate ‘ I ca n't leave you alone for a minute ’ or it 's ice . |
| 14 | Bodie said , ‘ Ca n't leave you alone for a minute . ’ |
| 15 | Are you ready for a launch failure ? |
| 16 | Are you ready for a cup of tea ? |
| 17 | Are you ready for a spot of fisticuffs ? ’ |
| 18 | Do you want anything else to drink or are you alright for a bit ? |
| 19 | Being , as he said , temporarily flush , he took them all for a plate of spaghetti in a ‘ trat ’ in Mondano . |
| 20 | Oh right we ready for a run , eh ? |
| 21 | Are we ready for a French lesson in inward investment ? |
| 22 | ‘ If you want me to help you , just leave me alone for a while ! ’ |
| 23 | ‘ This 'll keep them happy for a while . ’ |
| 24 | The typical pattern was for the local parties to meet only once a year in 1915 and 1916 , to re-elect their officers for another year ; agents who had enlisted were kept on the books by retaining half their normal pay , to compensate them for loss of earnings in the national interest and to keep them available for a resumption of partisanship . |
| 25 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 26 | She looked at him wide-eyed for a second , then ran off in the same direction as Isay . |
| 27 | She found him alone for a moment . |
| 28 | The question might be phrased as : do you believe it dishonest for a person not to pay a fare which he believes he does not owe ? |
| 29 | Today 's methods of birth control make it possible for a couple to choose whether or not to have a child . |
| 30 | Is it possible for a person to move smoothly through the first three levels of understanding and still leave out something essential ? |