Example sentences of "[to-vb] me for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you never going to forgive me for that ? ’ he queried , and there was such bone-melting charm in him then that Fabia was glad that she was sitting down . |
| 2 | I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification . |
| 3 | Then he said I was too innocent to realise how hard it was for him just to see me for half an hour and a kiss and cuddle . ’ |
| 4 | Not strongly enough to kill me for that , but certainly strongly enough to make killing me satisfying in that respect also . |
| 5 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 6 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 7 | Erm , on the grounds that the substance he was dealing with was complicated , and I think , erm , colleague is right to reprove me for some of the language . |
| 8 | How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’ |
| 9 | " You 're probably going to hate me for this . " |
| 10 | I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear . |
| 11 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |
| 12 | Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’ |
| 13 | I had an apartment on the third floor , overlooking the square and the end of the Avenida Jose Antonio de Rivera round which I would watch Dana coming to join me for another afternoon of poetry . |
| 14 | If the Inspector had planned to unsettle me for some reason , he had succeeded . |
| 15 | Once she had managed to enter that cupboard successfully without any fear or panic , she was to telephone me for another appointment . |