Example sentences of "[to-vb] with [pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Pappy , who was always so willing to engage with her for hours and talk about school work or play chess , only patted her on the shoulder and fobbed her off with platitudes when the question of her mother came up . |
| 2 | I used to play with them for hours on end and they tore a big hole in the back of my coat during one rough and tumble . |
| 3 | His first column , under the generic strap-line ‘ Sitting on the Fence ’ , appeared on 30 November 1930 on page 3 — a star position — and under his new by-line , Nathaniel Gubbins , which was to remain with him for life . |
| 4 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 5 | He was the same age as Syl , after all , and Syl wanted me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 6 | I offered to go with her for company and safety really , since it was dangerous to go out alone in conditions like that . |
| 7 | ‘ You wanting to sleep with her for example . ’ |
| 8 | Some children were sent to widowed grandmothers to live with them for company , or just sleep a few nights , like the seaman 's daughter on the Western Isles who , when all the men were away at the fishing , ‘ used to sleep with granny … bringing the water from the well and bringing in the peat , tidying up the floor and singing songs , for granny she was a very musical lady , yes she was . ’ |