Example sentences of "[to-vb] me for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For myself , I wish to say to men that as long as they associate me with an idea of ‘ woman ’ drawn from the past , or suppose that a model for gender relations is to be found in that past , they have failed to see me for the person who I am , or to envisage what equality might mean . |
| 2 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 3 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 5 | And MacLane wanted to wallpaper me for the job . |
| 6 | Rather more than 20 years ago , over a lunch in Staff House , I was persuaded by three eminent lecturers of this University to allow them to nominate me for the Council of Consumers ' Association . |
| 7 | He continued to astound me for the next four years . |
| 8 | After a chase on foot of over three miles he had finally run out of puff and offered to fight me for the goods . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , the BBC photographer had arrived to photograph me for the Radio Times . |
| 10 | ‘ For some reason he was adamant that he simply had to have me for the make-up on the new play he 's doing . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 12 | As she did so she seemed to notice me for the first time . |
| 13 | Here to stay for at least for another year and to haunt me for the next fifteen . |
| 14 | ‘ He was fit to be tied when I separated from Hugh , and he seems to blame me for the whole thing . |