Example sentences of "[verb] i for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , when they came in , he came up to see me for a bit . ’ |
| 2 | Sometime around the middle of the week , Dr MacLennan was allowed to see me for a while , after Diggs overruled my father 's refusal to have me medically inspected by anybody else but him . |
| 3 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 4 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 6 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 7 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 8 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 9 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 10 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 11 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 13 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 14 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 15 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |
| 16 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 18 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |
| 19 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 20 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 22 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 23 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 24 | And he told me , he told me , I 've got it written on the back of me hand I thought it was brilliant that , I thought little do you know what I 'm gon na use that for he never phoned me for a , he 's not phoned me for |
| 25 | Last week , I received a touching postcard from a recently divorced friend in Bonn thanking me for a letter . |
| 26 | At least that way I would n't have got a note thanking me for a ‘ wonderful evening ’ that never happened . ’ |
| 27 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 28 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 29 | My father 's passion for Tracey Childs prepared me for a life of drama |
| 30 | ‘ Outlandos D'Amour ’ , the inversions that Andy was using , that really excited me for a period . |