Example sentences of "[vb past] i for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 2 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 3 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 6 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 9 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 10 | When I did , something about its stillness stilled me for a moment . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | My father 's passion for Tracey Childs prepared me for a life of drama |
| 15 | ‘ Outlandos D'Amour ’ , the inversions that Andy was using , that really excited me for a period . |
| 16 | That threw me for a minute . |
| 17 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
| 18 | I figured me for a piece of the five G's . ’ |
| 19 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 20 | By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there . |
| 21 | Brenda 's turn is structured as a telling of a series of events which followed the initial exchange between her and the boy : " then I just laughed , and then " e pulled me for a dance … and then we started to talk … |
| 22 | I admit love deserted me for a moment , but I pretty soon realised that this was not her fault . |
| 23 | I did n't think they were gon na fucking hit me for a fiver as well . |
| 24 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 25 | Her owners , Greg , Ann and Ned Palmer , took me for a sail down the Orwell and out beyond Beach End buoy . |
| 26 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 27 | One day , after a particularly good school report , Father took me for a walk past a second-hand bookstore where I often browsed enviously . |
| 28 | And then she quite confounded me by doing exactly what I advised , and I always thought she took me for a crank whose horse sense , if any , was a forced calm not to be heeded . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Eventually I protested so Father Prior took me for a walk in the meadows and said I was to prove my worth with one final task . ’ |