Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] i for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 2 | Nothing prepared me for the reality of A wing . |
| 3 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 4 | Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car . |
| 5 | She thanked me for the information — and then she left . ’ |
| 6 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 7 | But first , how much will you pay me for the information ? ’ |
| 8 | in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding . |
| 9 | Why did n't you ask me for the potty ? |
| 10 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 11 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 12 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 13 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 14 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |
| 15 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 16 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 17 | He watched me for the effect of this slang . |
| 18 | ‘ It berates me for the way I mistreated it last night . ’ |