Example sentences of "[v-ing] me [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 2 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 3 | They say they 're keeping me in for observation . |
| 4 | In two seconds you 'd be wanting me back for something . " |
| 5 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 6 | If there is trouble for them they will find a way of paying me back for revealing their names . |
| 7 | ‘ She was only paying me back for what I did for her , and she should have gone on paying me back . ’ |
| 8 | He touched Joseph on the shiny sleeve of his coat and nodded towards the large-faced clock on the wall above the door , " I 've got to go , Mother is expecting me home for lunch . |
| 9 | The atmosphere of the Fens and the peculiarities of these strange fish , even after all those years , keep calling me back for more . |
| 10 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 11 | and she 's been letting me off for the keep . |
| 12 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 13 | And Mum 's always telling me off for doing things wrong . |
| 14 | Telling me off for |
| 15 | George said : ‘ By that time , they could be digging me up for the operation . ’ |
| 16 | He pulled rank and went to bed at half past eleven , leaving me on for the late-night drinks . |
| 17 | I was very unhappy there , away from the love and warmth Madame had always given me , and the love affair that accompanied the change soon turned cold : Alan exhibited a certain kind of treachery , casually throwing me over for someone else who ‘ was better in bed ’ . |
| 18 | I did n't know that Ben had been following me around for the last five years ! |