Example sentences of "[verb] you for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And did n't we all know you for a darling girl ? ’ he whispered in her ear as his fingers continued to blaze fire across her exposed nape . |
| 2 | MR IAN ROWDON OF HALCROW WOULD LIKE TO MEET YOU FOR AN INFORMAL CHAT/INTRODUCTION . |
| 3 | ‘ First , my miserable Yankee friend , the good Brigadeführer Farber has recommended you for an immediate Iron Cross First Class which , from what he says , you deserve . ’ |
| 4 | All shale and weeds and winds that picked up speed as they swooped in off the ocean , this strip of barren land prepared you for the final desolation of the Crumbles . |
| 5 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 6 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 7 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 8 | But you belong at the Foundling Hospital and we were only able to borrow you for a little while . |
| 9 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 11 | If you make good use of the contacts it forces you to make in Ardmore , Wellington or Christchurch , you can get a very useful insight into the local scene that helps prepare you for the fascinating flying that lies ahead . |
| 12 | In complete contrast , nothing will prepare you for the jaw-dropping experience of taking the desert road out of the city for the first time . |
| 13 | I 've been buying your magazine religiously for the last 18 months and would like to thank you for a great read . |
| 14 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 15 | ‘ I would like once again to thank you for the major contribution you 've made to our AIDS education programme this year . |
| 16 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 17 | ‘ But nothing prepares you for the blinding flash of flares and the noise of the thundercrackers as you run on to the field . |
| 18 | PERSONAL liability of £250,000 to £1 million is advisable to cover you for the legal liability of injuring someone or damaging their property , particularly as insurers report an increase in such claims . |
| 19 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |
| 20 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 21 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 22 | Or you can forget the week as a unit of work altogether and you can say : ‘ I will contract you for a certain number of hours . ’ |
| 23 | Um , now may be , according to Burstow , this is a sort of self-serving thing as well because it 's a way of saying , if you just say that that say your father sexually abused you for no good reason , that 's a very frightening thing to say . |
| 24 | ‘ First let me thank you for the great job you are doing with the ‘ Nottingham Graduate ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I feel I should write and thank you for the smooth transition and vast improvement to the standard of cleaning at our premises . |
| 26 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , but nobody 's going to consider you for a junior post any more . ’ |
| 28 | These will protect you for a short time against tetanus . |
| 29 | Now look it asks you for a certain number of things It says As The average does n't it ? |
| 30 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |