Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] i for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 2 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |
| 3 | Obviously blames me for sticking a needle into him , and I expect he always will . ’ |
| 4 | I learned that sex without emotional involvement or more than a fleeting physical attraction was more sad than fulfilling and that ‘ getting even ’ could only motivate me for so long — particularly since my husband was blithely unaware that I was evening the score . |
| 5 | I 'll always honour and obey you , Harry , and I 'll do anything you say or go anywhere you want if you 'll only take me for a wife . " |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , it 's got nothing to do with business , ’ Alison replied with a laugh that ever so gently reprimanded me for my mercantile preoccupations . |
| 7 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 8 | She only liked me for my wealth , and when I , disguised as the gipsy woman , told her that I had only a little money , she and her mother lost interest in me . |
| 9 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 10 | As you yourself so candidly pointed out , she was only marrying me for my money — and , of course , to get out of a fix . ’ |
| 11 | So excuse me for being a little thick . |
| 12 | MONDAY 6th OCTOBER X only wanted me for my body I will commit suicide |
| 13 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 14 | I have told him he is n't the same man I married any more and he just takes me for granted . |
| 15 | I did n't think they were gon na fucking hit me for a fiver as well . |
| 16 | Not just taking me for a ride ? ’ |
| 17 | He 'd just hit me for two huge sixes , then slapped me savagely through the covers . |
| 18 | Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | " He usually asks me for my criticism , " she said to one interviewer . |
| 21 | but it always bothers me for other people like you know . |
| 22 | People always take me for being drunk . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , ’ she said , ‘ I know you still blame me for what happened at Angmering . ’ |
| 24 | And I do n't think he ever forgave me for it you know . |
| 25 | You probably hate me for saying that . ’ |
| 26 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
| 27 | My rich , dark Trappist practically knocked me for six at lunchtime , while a deep red cherry beer , Kriek , tasted like alcoholic cough mixture . |
| 28 | I ate an energy-giving meal — bakes beans and jacket potato — a combination the midwife would later curse me for . |
| 29 | You 'd probably charge me for it as well would n't you ? |
| 30 | And the cruise she was on at that time — well , that was to convalesce after a very serious operation , although , ’ he added wryly , ‘ she would probably kill me for mentioning it . |