Example sentences of "of [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | So I 'm gon na ask both of you for a word specially in a moment to describe what it was like for that girl in the jungle . |
| 32 | I have been a friend of your wonderful Rabbi and of many of you for a very long time . |
| 33 | Well , I 'm trying to get information out of you for a start . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Claudia , ’ he says , ‘ I 'd be immensely pleased if you 'd let me stay with you at your place and take care of you for a while . |
| 35 | She always did bring the water eventually , and to her cronies Mairi sometimes admitted she was glad to see the back of her for a few hours ; but that never weakened her tongue . |
| 36 | He came from Cambridge , and I have n't heard of her for a number of years . |
| 37 | Like the other playwrights whose response to Thatcherism and brutality has been some hand-wringing of their own , Barker is too infatuated by his heroine 's strength to humanise her withe vulnerability and too in awe of her for a passionate or coolly detached opposition . |
| 38 | He lay prone on top of her for a few moments then he rolled to one side , panting loudly , his breath slowly returning to normal . |
| 39 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 40 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 41 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 42 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
| 43 | What actually happened was my a friend of mine or really was a friend of mine for a short time , he he was in the company when I joined , and er after two months he told me he was leaving . |
| 44 | of mine for a change ! |
| 45 | I would n't even think of it for a minute if it was n't best for everybody . |
| 46 | Likely any car would have traces of it for a long time . |
| 47 | He put the can back on the table , placing his free hand across the top of it for a moment ; then he took the mug over to the couch and , handing it to her , said , ‘ You know that is n't true . |
| 48 | It seemed at first glance that Louise was wearing a turban ; she had saved her day 's ration of flour and had made a poultice of it for a boil which had erupted on her temple ; her other boils seemed to be growing slightly better . |
| 49 | The spider may be on the web , perhaps waiting in one corner of it for a fly to become caught . |
| 50 | It 's part and parcel of it for a woman , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 51 | At least he 's out of it for a while , ’ she said , unaware of how much Chris meant to Maureen . |
| 52 | But as I say he 's never done any of it for a couple of days . |
| 53 | It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days . |
| 54 | Now no level headed business man in his right senses would recommend that they dispose of any part of it for a temporary , permanent gipsy site or whatever you like to call it . |
| 55 | erm On the question of the river samples and pool samples , yes , I think one of the city pools , one of the school pools we had a bit of a problem , so that took much of concentrated attention of it for a period of two or three weeks , so that 's probably a reflection , I do n't think much of it relates to the river sample . |
| 56 | Some viruses can be so vicious that if you do not take care of yourself for a couple of days when you first fall ill you could spend three weeks or more under par . |
| 57 | You 've a mighty high opinion of yourself for a kitchen maid . ’ |
| 58 | Get you out of yourself for a bit . |
| 59 | I have been a fan of hers for a long time and it is wonderful to see that she is now achieving the status and success that she deserves . |
| 60 | ‘ I am twenty-four , independent , I have my own flat , my own business , and I think I can take care of myself for a couple of weeks on a small , friendly Mediterranean island , thanks very much ! |