Example sentences of "her for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only that if you could stay with her for a night or two , I might manage to get over and see you there . ’ |
| 2 | Lovely , would n't mind fucking going with her for a night I tell ya . |
| 3 | And they 're doing her for a road traffic accident at Morrow Road when Simon the bike . |
| 4 | Well when you all went , as you all left , when the last lot of redundancies were made , I said I 'm not paying no more union , Judith come over about the union meeting , I said I 'm not going to the meeting Judith and I said I want to come out of the union I 'm not paying any more , I said I ca n't afford ten pound a month for crap , well me and Jan had a big barney over it cos I never got on with her anyway and we had a big fucking row about it , she said the union this , the union that , I said where were the unions with my mates , they were n't in damn site , they were never there , we never saw one union representative from the day Audrey got done and we never ever saw erm till the last one got done , I said so do n't you tell me about the union I said they did fuck all , they were n't even here , so I said I do n't want to pay the union , and I said do n't tell me what to do Jane , I said what I do with me money is up to me I said get me out the union and get me out now , and then they all started , they all wanted to come out of it then , oh Maureen I think I might but what would Debbie say , I said Maureen do you ask her for a shit ? |
| 5 | ‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’ |
| 6 | Neil Kinnock and others pressed her for a while about Nigel Lawson 's resignation . |
| 7 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 8 | And Jeannie , I remember Jeannie well and wrote to her for a while , but she was not much of a correspondent . ’ |
| 9 | He had not seen her for a while and he was pretty sure she had committed suicide . |
| 10 | Iain did n't notice her for a while , but eventually it dawned on him that the blur in the corner of his eye was n't just a blob of grease on his eyelash . |
| 11 | Managers found it impossible to maintain discipline : if a girl found a man to keep her for a while , she would ‘ scarper ’ ( disappear ) . |
| 12 | The music soothed her for a while but the needle stuck in a groove suddenly and she wept in response , despairing . |
| 13 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 14 | When she finally had to put down my old cat Mrs , she said afterwards , ‘ Would you like to stay and be alone with her for a while ? |
| 15 | He came back and hugged her for a while . |
| 16 | Of course , being down to earth is one of Pam 's greatest strengths , and it 's good to know she 's back on track and that we 'll still be able to laugh with her for a while yet . |
| 17 | After talking to her for a while I asked her if she was English . |
| 18 | Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while . |
| 19 | The pause had steadied her for a while but then it enabled the gnawing to chew on her once more . |
| 20 | Something tells me I wo n't be seeing her for a while either . |
| 21 | Alina looked at her for a while . |
| 22 | He held her for a while and they said nothing . |
| 23 | How he had intended that they should live with her for a while , and how his mother had a grudge against Bridget , and the terrible row they had had the previous night , and how they did n't know where they were going to live . |
| 24 | Simone looked at her for a while , then she said , ‘ Now , about next Wednesday . |
| 25 | As he glanced up at her , his eyes shuttered , she found herself asking another question that had been puzzling her for a while . |
| 26 | I think that often people did n't realise how tired and desperate they were until they 'd sat with her for a while . |
| 27 | He felt a contentment when he was in her company that he missed when he did not see her for a while . |
| 28 | The sister watched her for a while , then sent the nurse on an errand . |
| 29 | I 've been keeping my eye on her for a while , but it seems she 'd been returning the favour without my being aware of it . ’ |
| 30 | Have n't seen her for a while . |