Example sentences of "[vb past] you for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which was good news for START ( Skin Treatment and Research Trust ) as we also asked you for a donation to help START in their research into replacement skin for series skin problems . |
| 2 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
| 3 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 4 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 5 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 6 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 8 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 9 | ‘ When I first met you , I took you for a pleasure anorexic . ’ |
| 10 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 11 | ‘ I never took you for a person who constantly changes her mind , Fran . ’ |
| 12 | I appreciate you 're a very clever woman , but then I never took you for a fool . |
| 13 | Probably supported you for a bit once you were in the water . ’ |