Example sentences of "[vb past] for me " in BNC.
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| 1 | This became for me a serious piece of policy . |
| 2 | Similarly a Yorkshire millworker describes himself as brought up by a grandfather ‘ who cared for me as perhaps few grandchildren are cared for ; ’ when the old man died during his teens , ‘ by this death I lost a friend . ’ |
| 3 | He never cared for me nor I do n't care for him . |
| 4 | I 'd never felt he cared for me but at last we sat and talked . |
| 5 | ‘ And I spent an hour greeting my guests , making a speech and ensuring the entertainment was fully organised for the evening , while I was trying to make up my mind whether your refusal to put in an appearance was because you cared for me — or because you hated me . ’ |
| 6 | He cared for me , he loved me as I did him . |
| 7 | Not only am I not prepared to have a semi-detached marriage , but I 'm convinced that if you really cared for me you would have no hesitation about placing my interests first , ’ had been his parting shot as he had left the apartment , slamming the front door loudly behind him . |
| 8 | I remember little of my stay in the intensive care unit , but I am told they cared for me every second of the night and day . |
| 9 | It 's the formula that succeeded for me , I know it will do the same for you . ’ |
| 10 | You asked for me . ’ |
| 11 | Then he said , ‘ You asked for me , Jack , and here I am . |
| 12 | But you asked for me , and I do n't handle your kind any more . |
| 13 | ‘ Harry Paget asked for me , I begged Prinny 's permission , and he finally relented . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ That I was posted to your staff because you asked for me . |
| 15 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 16 | She asked for me ? ’ |
| 17 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 18 | You never asked for me ? ’ |
| 19 | As it was , however , no suitable opportunity arose for me to gain such information . |
| 20 | The opportunity then arose for me to be employed as a secretary to my husband — not an ideal working situation but it has been quite successful . |
| 21 | I also had two dollies , one made for me by our great family friend , Mrs Fawcett , the other stitched by my mother from an old piece of quilted petticoat . |
| 22 | I sip from the cup that she made for me . |
| 23 | He did n't mind that at all , he argued for me . |
| 24 | My first bike was a Hercules , which Grandma got for me from a niece of hers . |
| 25 | and then there 's erm , that shopping , bit of shopping you got for me |
| 26 | Another one who got out is a doctor who translated for me . |
| 27 | King demonstrated for me how easy it was to knock up a backing track in his home studio and then erase it again at the touch of a button . |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't you get it fixed for me ? ’ |
| 29 | No bus stop or nothing cos I just missed a bus , and he stopped for me . |
| 30 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |