Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] me for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 2 | Living in close intimacy with Jean-Claude had not prepared me for confronting in musical shape the qualities I sensed and loved in him but could not define . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | I was a player in a drama written and cast by Jean-Claude , who had not rehearsed me for it . |
| 5 | ‘ Why have you not asked me for tools , instead of breaking your finger-nails and your heart on firewood and trash ? ’ |
| 6 | He has not created me for nothing . |
| 7 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 8 | He eased me into a role he had only half-consciously cast me for without my noticing it and , by emphasizing the physical attraction I had for him , he made me feel imperative . |
| 9 | ‘ You have n't really seen me for years . ’ |
| 10 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 11 | I said ‘ Hello , you are looking well ’ , He said ‘ I do n't know you ’ , to which I replied ‘ I do n't expect you to , you have n't seen me for over 2O years . |
| 12 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 13 | I had seen newspaper photos of him since his release from the psikhushka , but they had n't prepared me for his gauntness , pallor , baldness . |
| 14 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 15 | I says it 's even ruined me for . |
| 16 | And although I 'm not I enjoyed the piping , I enjoyed But I was not at peace I says I says , you 've even ruined me for this . |
| 17 | ‘ You had n't taken me for Kettering ? ’ |
| 18 | And another thing you have n't paid me for shoeing the horse the last time . ’ |
| 19 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 21 | I know that you 've never forgiven me for what happened , and I do n't blame you , darling . |
| 22 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 23 | Also , if anybody 's not actually paid me for their book that they actually purchased last week , I 'm open to accept payment today . |