Example sentences of "with [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Would you like to come and sit out the back with me for a minute ? ’ |
2 | ‘ Will you stay with me for a minute ? |
3 | ‘ Just come with me for a minute , please , ’ he said . |
4 | You have to quite carefully , be extra carefully with me for a minute cos I ca n't quite |
5 | 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 . |
6 | You promised to take the oath and divide your winnings with me for a secret ! ’ |
7 | Other times , though , if it was a student who stuck with me for a couple of years , eventually they would get interested in reading in some form . |
8 | She stayed with me for a couple of days before going on to Spain to my sister . |
9 | I shall be glad to have you working with me for a while . ’ |
10 | Be impure with me for a while . |
11 | " Will you come and stay with me for a while ? " she asked gently . |
12 | " Go to sleep with me for a while , " he said , and he took her gently into his arms . |
13 | ‘ Do you think your mother would let you go out with me for a day in Newcastle ? ’ |
14 | I was so glad that the ‘ family ’ came to stay with me for a change . |
15 | ‘ How about forgetting our professional differences and coming with me for a look round the antiques ? ’ |
16 | What I could do is play a record but er I ca n't remember so bear with me for a moment . |
17 | Bear with me for a moment more as I come towards it , while I read you yet more lines from another moment of the portrait , and keep in mind , if you will , from a moment ago , Stephen 's contemptuous review of the holders of wealth and power in Ireland . |
18 | They did a crafty one — one came out and a woman came in , very nice , telling him he had to face up to his responsibilities , she said she 'd help us , they 'd get him a job , they 'd pay his rent and he had to move in with me for a month 's trial . |
19 | ‘ You 'd better come to the flat with me for a start , as soon as the warrant arrives . |
20 | ‘ Down to the police station with me for a start , and then to visit that lady while we clear this whole mess up . |
21 | ‘ If you leave it with me for an hour , I 'll pencil in the vowels and divide up the words at the end of the sentences . ’ |
22 | You have n't been in touch with me for an age , and I have wanted you since I saw you again at dinner . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | Had n't been bothering with them for a while , now . |
25 | I 'd lived with them for a while . |
26 | I remember many years ago , we had friends who had a fishing boat , er herring drifter , and in Fraserburgh the there 's a young lad going out with them for a night 's fishing and it was a beautiful summer 's night ! |
27 | Hamish Kidd — previously with Heidrick and Struggles — was introduced to them in 1978 , and it was agreed that he would work with them for a year with the aim of establishing that a sale could be arranged . |
28 | And on Friday you can see Lucy and then Leo and Russel come home from school and you can play with them for a couple of hours . |
29 | Paul Young shared his taxi with Nigel Dempsey and Christopher MacPherson but when they arrived in Hemlington , Middlesbrough , Mr Young was invited to go with them for a drink . |
30 | The worst thing by far , and what I can never get used to , is that we went around Europe with them for a month , living with them , sleeping in the same room , and apart from the odd bit of nagging , everything was fine . |