Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 2 | He looks at me for the first time . |
| 3 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 4 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 5 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 6 | Offering the blond English boy — the one I was throwing water at now — half my lunch , and sitting there full of gratitude because he smiled , because he liked the taste of the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron and he had smiled at me for the first time . |
| 7 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 8 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 9 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 10 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 11 | He was coming to stay with me for the British Grand Prix in three weeks , ’ said Lord Hesketh , now Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords . |
| 12 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 13 | He was honest enough to admit that he had to rely on me for the practical side of the business , and gave me a good rise in pay . |
| 14 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |