Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] me " in BNC.

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1 This is just the objectivity which is to be claimed in general for the good ; what is good for me now is not necessarily good for you or for me at other times , nor even what I now spontaneously prefer , it is what anyone would spontaneously prefer for me if sufficiently aware from my present viewpoint .
2 There 's no escape , either for them or for me .
3 … but no — no , I can take nothing from you , either for them or for me !
4 ‘ Old-fashioned , I suppose , but none of the other options seemed remotely possible for you — or for me . ’
5 There were frogs all round us , bubbling away , and we sat still for a bit and then he said , ‘ That 's the sound of Africa — it 's one of the things I love best ’ , and I knew he had n't been thinking about the baby or about me .
6 You with a mind full only of natural & unembarrassing thoughts , & of me , probably awoke early and remembered & rejoiced ; perhaps you had even prepared for it , & went happy walks , singing , garlanded .
7 There was nothing symbolic in my reflections — I did n't see my mother as a butcher of fish or of me .
8 I 'm not leaving you here all alone , so it 's a case of you either coming with me , or of me staying here for the rest of the night and neither of us getting any rest .
9 Well at the end of the day all our work is for the benefit of children , individual children , individual human beings like you or like me .
10 And then we get to the roadworks , and probably he 's either in front of me or behind me , and he 's going and then he gets through the roadworks , and it 's , away , whoa , woof , and they 're up behind you are n't they .
11 ‘ I did n't have any antagonism either from me or against me . ’
12 ‘ Are you with me or against me ? ’
13 ‘ I guess they 're all either uncomfortable with themselves or with me .
14 If he can produce individuals who will come and have a discussion with him or with me , I bet that we could find somewhere where they could work , especially in a city such as London where jobs in the tourist industry , in the retail trade and in the back-up to that are still available .
15 ‘ You were n't particularly impressed either with racing or with me as a driver , were you ? ’
16 Or in me for that matter ?
17 Is the fault in her or in me , because I am strangely made , because , as Rousseau said , ‘ I am made unlike anyone I ever met ’ ?
18 There was a madness about and I could n't tell whether it was within or without me , or either or neither .
19 ‘ Well , miss , if you try to go there again , with or without me , I 'll tell your father . ’
20 If any readers have had similar experiences with bad goods , please write directly to Esther Rantzen , or to me , and I will post all letters to her team .
21 ‘ Anyhow it no longer matters to you or to me , but whoever has the last laugh in the whole business is going to have to spend a hell of a length of time laughing .
22 If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’
23 ‘ If any of you have any problems , at any time , you know you are free to speak to the officers in charge of your landing or to me personally , ’ Nicholson continued .
24 ‘ So do n't lie to yourself or to me , Rachel .
25 ‘ Every time a winger comes along with skill he 's labelled the latest George Best , but that 's not fair on them — or on me .
26 Or on me .
27 Occasionally he produced a camera and pointed it at me , as I played on the lawn with my limber chestnut friend , Katrina ( who would later drop out of high school and become a porno star in Paris ) , or at me alone , mainly alone .
28 Therefore , there is no lack of commitment by the board or by me .
29 Nor for me . ’
30 Guilt swept over Constance but she felt like saying ‘ nor for me ’ , as Louise went on , ‘ Just for me , darling , say you 're sorry to your mother and then I 'll sort something out .
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