Example sentences of "[pers pn] for a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Miguel promised to look after me for a year while I got some business experience before going to university . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You have to quite carefully , be extra carefully with me for a minute cos I ca n't quite |
| 5 | She blinked at me for a minute or two and then said , ‘ Aliens ! ’ |
| 6 | He held me for a minute or two , quite tight , kissing and stroking my hair , then we sat down again . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 12 | ‘ Miss Fitch took Edward and me for a walk and we gathered stones and pebbles . |
| 13 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 14 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
| 15 | It never occurred to me for a moment that she had planned it all in cold blood . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 ? |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't think they were gon na fucking hit me for a fiver as well . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
| 22 | Until you know that a certain person is going to be a good language helper , it is best to engage him/her for a day or a week at a time . |
| 23 | We 're gon na stick hold of them for a minute or two because we have n't |
| 24 | Sometimes you could only have them for a day or two before passing them on . |
| 25 | remember them for a day or two but they 'd go cos they do n't mean anything . |
| 26 | However , for a number of these symptoms , more people in residential homes had had them for a year or more : the proportions were 31 per cent against 20 per cent for drowsiness , 22 per cent against 14 per cent for dizziness , 19 per cent against 11 per cent for loss of appetite and 4 per cent against one per cent for bedsores . |
| 27 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 28 | They can have all the cleaning equipment ready for you , tidying and moving any light objects , as necessary , as their contribution to the exercise before your arrival , and then when the work is completed they will usually be very pleased if you have allowed time to sit down and have a cup of tea or a drink with them for a while before you leave . |
| 29 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 30 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |