Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Exactly , they 're trying to screw me for every single penny they can get out of me |
2 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
3 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
4 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
5 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
6 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
7 | Ho , master greybeard loon , ’ he was shouting to Kelly , ‘ come fill the cup , or stap me for a whey-faced knave . ’ |
8 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
9 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
10 | The policeman looked at me for a long time . |
11 | She would not argue , she would not say anything , she would not look at me for a long time . |
12 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
13 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
14 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
15 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
16 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
17 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
18 | Miss Hawthorne looked at me for a long moment . |
19 | Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past . |
20 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
21 | 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 . |
22 | He paused again , as if the memory of that year had stopped him ; and to prepare me for a new facet of himself , a new shift . |
23 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
24 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
25 | Contact me for a free Walk Pack which includes details of your nearest walk , the walk T-shirt and of course a sponsor form . |
26 | you left me for a classical guitarist . |
27 | I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while . |
28 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
29 | Just stand by me for a little bit longer . |
30 | The mail will probably take a couple of days longer to reach you from Sian , & no doubt we 'll be very busy when we get there , so forgive me if you do n't hear from me for a little while . |