Example sentences of "[vb past] me for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The referee took me aside and penalised me for ‘ over-robust ’ play , not foul play . ’ |
| 2 | Mrs Toye mistook me for someone else . ’ |
| 3 | I was 45 before I spoke with Toscanini and then he attacked me for doing Debussy 's Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala in French . |
| 4 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 5 | However , one day I my colleague attacked me for imposing my ‘ middle-class values ’ on the children because I had emphasized polite speech and decent manners in my sessions . |
| 6 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 7 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |
| 8 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 9 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 11 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 12 | He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees . |
| 13 | They asked me for more money . |
| 14 | They asked me for £400,000 each . |
| 15 | ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name . |
| 16 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing . |
| 18 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 19 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 20 | He asked me for 50,000 francs for Félix . |
| 21 | The woman was in her early forties and she asked me for £5 straight away . |
| 22 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
| 23 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 24 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ I managed to get some of the information you asked me for . ’ |
| 26 | Of course , the old man asked me for my reasons . |
| 27 | Many times they asked me for them by title . |
| 28 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 29 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 30 | ‘ You asked me for my advice , and that 's it . ’ |