Example sentences of "[verb] me [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now although I am a born sceptic , suddenly being brought face to face with a seemingly identical facsimile of what I had been working on did make me pause for a few moments ! |
| 2 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 3 | Well , I phoned them up , and I 'd been badgering them , and they told me to wait for a further communication . |
| 4 | ‘ Then let me arrange for the two of you to meet . ’ |
| 5 | And squeamishness prevented me looking for a tiny insect to place on a sticky dewdrop leaf . |
| 6 | Carel Weight visited Wimbledon and encouraged me to try for the Royal College . |
| 7 | Now a recap of tonight 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 8 | Time for a recap of tonight 's main stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 9 | Now another look at today 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 10 | Now another look at today 's main news stories with Karen Fraser joining me to interpret for the deaf . |
| 11 | ‘ My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord and my spirit exults in God my saviour because he has looked upon his lowly handmaid Yes , from this day forward all generations will call me blessed for the Almighty has done great things for me . |
| 12 | So I got Peggy up from Somerset , on the same farm you see , and that was much better , and erm we 've been cycling to Stroud , to the pictures you know , 8 miles there and 8 miles back , and erm but the awful job he gave me to do for a few days was along , there was a young lad there and he was going to drive the old heavy fords and tractor and I was going to walk behind , and he 'd got converted horse drags I suppose they call them |
| 13 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 14 | Staying would also be impossible in the long run but that young man would let me stay for a little while — until the restaurant closed , anyway . |
| 15 | Perhaps now she will let me continue for the next 30 years . ’ |
| 16 | Curiously it was the less forward-looking G major Sonata which in the faster figuration of its flanking movements once or twice had me longing for the greater clarity of a modern grand — likewise its greater ability to sing in the slow movement . |
| 17 | So did I. He had me figured for a working stiff out to do the day 's chores , and he was n't going to bother an upright member of the community . |
| 18 | It makes me long for a complete collection so that I might read on , especially the verse you mention but do not quote . |