Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 2 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 3 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 5 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 6 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 7 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 8 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 9 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 11 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 12 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 13 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 14 | She has n't a clue and asks me out for a drink . |
| 15 | I read more widely and , as news of my expertise spread , people began to seek me out for a ruling on a specific industrial relations issue or for an historical precedent . |
| 16 | So I drove to Arnisdale and discovered that Mr McTavish would indeed ferry me over for a bottle of malt : but he wanted another bottle to bring me back . |
| 17 | The final word on Tony Iommi 's custom-built JD guitar has to come from John Diggins himself : ‘ Apart from the fact that Tony 's been threatening to take me out for a drink ever since I 've known him , things have changed a lot , and now we do n't get the time to get together any more . |
| 18 | ‘ I mean , there 's no need for you to take me out for a meal . ’ |
| 19 | All I did was turn me back for a minute and it was . |