Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] me for [art] [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 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 4 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 5 | Suddenly , looking at me for the first time , ‘ Tell me , ’ she said , ‘ oh , tell me — what are you in ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
| 9 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 10 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Kodiak the Alsatian barked at me for a few minutes , and gave up in resignation . |
| 13 | Just stand by me for a little bit longer . |
| 14 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 16 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
| 17 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 18 | ‘ And do n't worry if you do n't hear from me for a few days . |
| 19 | The mail will probably take a couple of days longer to reach you from Sian , & no doubt we 'll be very busy when we get there , so forgive me if you do n't hear from me for a little while . |
| 20 | 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 … |
| 21 | It stared at me for a few seconds , then the lens flashed again , a key was put into the lock , bolts were drawn and the door was opened . |
| 22 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
| 23 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
| 24 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 25 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 26 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 27 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |