Example sentences of "[vb pp] you for the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | I assumed he 'd just picked you for the resemblance . ’ |
| 2 | Dad 's a , dad 's just nominated you for the big in the campus . |
| 3 | All shale and weeds and winds that picked up speed as they swooped in off the ocean , this strip of barren land prepared you for the final desolation of the Crumbles . |
| 4 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 5 | ‘ The rest of us in Argentina 'ave forgiven you for the Falklands War . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have forgiven you for the same ! ’ |
| 7 | Even though I have chained and muzzled you for the wolf you are , still your eyes challenge and your mind defies . ’ |
| 8 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 9 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
| 10 | Or else he could have fed and kept you for the rest of your life ! ’ |