Example sentences of "[vb pp] me for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 2 | He 'd picked up some cream that they 'd given me for a skin rash , stuck it under my blindfold and said , in a curious high-pitched waver , ‘ Champignons ? ’ |
| 3 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
| 4 | I am pleased to have the opportunity to raise this subject which has interested me for a long time . |
| 5 | Nothing had prepared me for the overwhelming architectural beauty of Salamanca , and in particular for the grandeur of the university , the oldest in Spain and one of the oldest in Europe , with its noble façade in plateresque style . |
| 6 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 7 | Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather , much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking . |
| 8 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 9 | That he 's owed me for a year ! |
| 10 | This is me , I goes , I goes I 'll let it slip this time cos you have n't seen me for a few weeks . |
| 11 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |
| 12 | A member of the Club Animacion Team had volunteered me for the lilo race across the pool — the first prize a free drink — who could resist ! |
| 13 | Instinctively , I dipped my fingers in the holy water and crossed myself , remembering the Catholic aunt in South Armagh who 'd raised me for a while as a child and had anguished over my black little Protestant soul . |
| 14 | Years ago I used to think this was a fun sport but the reason for thinking this has escaped me for the last 2 weeks . |
| 15 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 16 | And yeah , they 've gone and re-credited me for the fifteen pound ! |
| 17 | They were the same officers that had arrested me for the charge I was on . |
| 18 | He had asked me for a photograph of myself when I was young and I had told him to go around and get it from Mandy . |
| 19 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 20 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 21 | Erm , well I do n't know Wendy , I 'll have to go into that when I , I do n't think they have , I do n't know that they have charged me for , well they 've certainly charged me for the new wiring . |
| 22 | There were some among them would have killed me for the hell of it . |
| 23 | ‘ You have paid me for the ring , a little , ’ he said aloud , and got off the bed , leaving her in disorder . |
| 24 | I feel so comfortable with your mother and the whole time here has changed me for the better . ’ |