Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] me for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 2 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 3 | I do not know what purpose the meeting served in persuading Wapping of the merits of our plan , but it did enable me for the first and only time to see the terrain on which we were working and reinforced my enthusiasm to kill the committee at the earliest possible moment . |
| 4 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 5 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 6 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 7 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |