Example sentences of "[vb past] me for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees . |
| 2 | They asked me for £400,000 each . |
| 3 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 4 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
| 5 | The woman was in her early forties and she asked me for £5 straight away . |
| 6 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 7 | I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa . |
| 8 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 9 | Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like … |
| 10 | Syl 's mother disapproved of this most bitterly and rebuked me for waste . |
| 11 | Were I to tell that story to my own son and tell him too of the subsequent shame and guilt that haunted me for months and is still so deeply etched in my memory , he would laugh and wonder what it was all about . |
| 12 | I did n't say anything about this to my parents at the time , but the sight haunted me for years . |
| 13 | But that first meeting , that mysterious … how shall I say , message from her light , from her light to my shadow , haunted me for weeks . |
| 14 | ‘ When Chris Nicholl re-signed me for Southampton last March for £600,000 , he told me I was a big part of his plans . |
| 15 | Even so , the cherry berets threw me to the ground , kicking me in the ribs as they frisked me for weapons . |
| 16 | Did you imagine I 'd stand passively by while you used me for bayonet practice ? ’ |
| 17 | MELLOR VISITED ME FOR TEA |
| 18 | How I thought he could help me I do n't know , but he invited me for lunch , anyway , and he was lovely . |
| 19 | My mission , should I decide to accept it , was to find Jack Scamp for Malpass before Nevil found me for Jack Scamp . |
| 20 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 21 | Believe it or not , when Charles approached me for help , I saw the attraction of a company specialising in producing beautiful things , which also cares about the people who produce them . ’ |
| 22 | She ate me for breakfast and simply disappeared . |
| 23 | You prepared me for triumph . |
| 24 | The BBC actually interviewed me for Spotlight , both at home , flying Dawn , and at Sir James Smith 's school , giving a lecture . |
| 25 | I thought they blamed me for Miss Havisham 's cold manner towards them . |
| 26 | Kenny signed me for Liverpool . |
| 27 | ‘ Jimmy Armfield signed me for Leeds United , but when Adamson took over it was clear he had lost some of his motivation after being sacked by Sunderland . |
| 28 | The day that battered sundial he offered me for £1,650 finds its way into my garden is the day I wo n't need to work for a living . |
| 29 | I used one of your tapes you brought me for Christmas yesterday , very nice ! |
| 30 | Once I did this under the eye of a policeman who nabbed me for parking on a yellow line when I emerged from the bank a few minutes later . |