Example sentences of "[pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came round to my side , stood beside me for a while , looking , puffing . |
| 2 | It was through a family connection , I think — anyway , as expected , she never had to ask me for a reference . |
| 3 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 4 | Would you like to come and sit out the back with me for a minute ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 6 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 7 | Mick looked at me for a couple of moments and , scratching his head , he replied If the Marines want you to play your bagpipes in their area , and you agree to do it , then you are all bloody mad . |
| 8 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 9 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |
| 10 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 11 | He did n't talk to me for a week after that . |
| 12 | ‘ Leave me for a bit , Billy , ’ she says with her back to me , so I go out and sit on my bed . |
| 13 | She looks at me for a bit , then she goes over to the drawer and takes out another envelope . |
| 14 | ‘ Every time you take me for a meal , it 's to a non-smoking restaurant , ’ said Bob in a somewhat annoyed tone . |
| 15 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 16 | And then , I liked having nice little teas served to me for a change ; to have Wilson taking care of me and treating me like a lady — because there was a little something between us . |
| 17 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 18 | LONDON listings magazine City Limits is circulating pound coins with a ‘ Swamp Me For A City Limits ’ stickers on them . |
| 19 | Do n't mistake me for a patriot , but I want to take issue with Hardware director Richard Stanley 's remarks about the US ( FACE 24 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ So how about me for a mate ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What is there to stop your visiting me for a week ? |
| 22 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 23 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 24 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 25 | Later in the evening when the place had quietened a little and the cyclists had eaten , I invited them to join me for a glass of wine . |
| 26 | ‘ Then why did you ask me for a book on Reptiles ? ’ |
| 27 | Her owners , Greg , Ann and Ned Palmer , took me for a sail down the Orwell and out beyond Beach End buoy . |
| 28 | At Lima bus station an unemployed mining engineer , who would later sting me for a few thousand intis , told me , ‘ This country , something really wrong with it . |
| 29 | He went on gazing at me for a moment , then asked : ‘ Everything in hand downstairs ? ’ |
| 30 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |