Example sentences of "[vb pp] you for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have n't owned you for ten years . |
| 2 | alright he 's met you for five minutes but he 's come here I said this gang of children , I said the poor bugger 's not going to know what hit him I said alright if it 's just for Sally 's three I said he 's gon na be , he 's not gon na be relaxed I said I know that for a fact I said I know what it was like when I used to go and visit your people when I was |
| 3 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |
| 4 | Training at commercial art school will have prepared you for much of the work you will be doing in advertising . |
| 5 | Okay I that would have been okay in that particular case but you did come back to it as benefit , you say we have n't seen you for such a long time that was a not just look at your policies but to put a , a face to the name so I can become your point of reference |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't seen you for five minutes alone today , ’ I complained . |
| 7 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you realize that I have n't seen you for three whole days , Flavia ? |
| 9 | You know when I look vexed , I goes , because I hav n't seen you for few weeks , and he walked away , come are you walking back with us ? |
| 10 | ‘ Your comment over dinner that evening , about her acting in cheap soap operas , was quite apt ; I do n't think she 's ever forgiven you for that . ’ |
| 11 | I still have n't forgiven you for bloody book antics of a |
| 12 | Remember , the protectiveness of your subconscious is unlikely to allow you to go straight to a period or an event so traumatic that it has affected you for such a long time afterwards . |
| 13 | Oscar has n't employed you for twenty-five years and kept his counsel . ’ |
| 14 | He said , ’ Walker , I 've now known you for four years , and this is the first intelligent thing that you have done . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 've known you for some years now . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd never have figured you for such a lady 's man , Stevens , ’ he went on . |
| 17 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |
| 18 | So , they 've hired you for thirty pence a mile to do their roadwork for them . |
| 19 | ‘ I should have asked you for more , ’ said Nubenehem . |
| 20 | He looked from one to the other , his bleak glance resting briefly on Sarella 's upturned face , and then he said , ‘ I tell you one thing , Peter ; when you 're down and out and she 's left you for richer pickings do n't come running to me for a hand-out , because it wo n't be forthcoming . |
| 21 | Or we could have left you for dead . |
| 22 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 23 | How do you think your career to date has fitted you for this particular job ? |