Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] me for " in BNC.
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| 1 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 2 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 3 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 4 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 5 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 6 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 7 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
| 8 | If I had n't made that bet , and had n't then gone both ways , nine times out of ten Jude would have shown a beaten hand and raked in half the pot — while the lads trashed me for letting him off lightly . |
| 9 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
| 10 | Mrs Toye mistook me for someone else . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd have gone there last year but for the shin splints ’ she added , before a note of irritation and frustration became evident as she went on to say ‘ This question haunted me for half of last year . |
| 12 | My father 's passion for Tracey Childs prepared me for a life of drama |
| 13 | I like to think Simon paid me for my expertise . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’ |
| 15 | Kenny signed me for Liverpool . |
| 16 | I was very nervous , and I found myself coming on very strong and direct with her , and saying , ‘ I liked Rosemary 's Baby , but the picture bothered me for this reason … |
| 17 | I remember when I lost a fountain-pen Mummy and Daddy gave me for Christmas : I prayed and prayed , and I never found it . ’ |
| 18 | One of the pourers reproved me for eating cheese before trying the wine . |
| 19 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 20 | However , one day I my colleague attacked me for imposing my ‘ middle-class values ’ on the children because I had emphasized polite speech and decent manners in my sessions . |
| 21 | MELLOR VISITED ME FOR TEA |
| 22 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
| 23 | That Shirley and Gareth sent me for Christmas . |
| 24 | That Shirley and Gareth sent me for Christmas |
| 25 | Sometimes I would catch her looking at me with such intensity of feeling that my breath left me for a moment . |
| 26 | It was late in the afternoon when we arrived , and Taylor took me for a drive through the town , which apart from the centre had been badly damaged . |
| 27 | Of course , the old man asked me for my reasons . |
| 28 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 29 | The staff and right leg propelled me for forty yards until the leg gave way and the injured one , without a thought , took the strain and I ended up on my hands and knees ranting and raving . |
| 30 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |