Example sentences of "for a [noun] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Kate , relax for a second and tell us what happened . |
| 2 | He drew in a deep breath , paused for a second and let it out on a sigh . |
| 3 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 4 | ‘ I thought we 'd go for a drive and put her through her paces , ’ he suggested . |
| 5 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 6 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 7 | I think it might be an excellent idea if you forgot about everything else for a minute and let me hold you . ’ |
| 8 | You really ought to hop over for a weekend and see it , Anne . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Call for a QDM and write it down . |
| 11 | The basic idea was to take one bat away for a night and starve it while the others were all fed . |
| 12 | After that we can apply for a licence and hope they let us ‘ go legal ’ . ’ |
| 13 | I scooped them up before he could think of asking for a receipt and zippered them into a jacket pocket . |
| 14 | We were , yes , cos that 's when I went on to the crane driving in for a crane and got it you see , that 's why I finished up as a crane driver until I went stevedoring . |
| 15 | Putting a hand on her arm , he said gently , ‘ Would you like to sit for a while and tell me about it ? ’ |
| 16 | It was Marriott who suggested that Stirling should make himself scarce for a while and recommended him to Brigadier Denys Reid . |
| 17 | It made my life a bit unbearable for a while and made it look as if I was attacking Michael , which I was n't . ’ |
| 18 | " May I sit here for a while and keep you company ? " asked the fox . |
| 19 | Sometimes it 's worth going away for a while and letting her think she 's beaten you , and then coming back with the food a few hours later . |
| 20 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 21 | He then took some food which would last for a while and packed it into his bag . |
| 22 | The judge , Lord Mayfield , jailed Smyth for a year and told him he was a persistent offender with a bad record . |
| 23 | Well yeah , I 've had a come for one day , pay for a day and hope I can sneak in on the two day . |
| 24 | In order to evaluate the level of service that we could expect from a bureau we concocted a dummy page for a newsletter and sent it on disk to six carefully selected bureau . |
| 25 | I 'd like to take the people who did this to Romania for a month and show them how vital these supplies were . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway , like I was saying , any jumped-up little nerd can come along , work on a route for a month and get it wired , then go down in the book as one of the greats . |
| 27 | He reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 28 | She nodded , reached for a cigarette and lit it . |
| 29 | This time he did reach for a cigarette and light it up . |
| 30 | I 'll take you for a meal and drop you at Ilse 's place afterwards . |