Example sentences of "[vb infin] i for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Oh well , I suppose it wo n't hurt me for a couple of days . |
| 3 | You do n't fool me for a second . ’ |
| 4 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm told they might need me for a bit of PR work , but basically I gather I 'm going to be the technician permanently with the team . ’ |
| 6 | sort of well a couple of nights deejaying will do me for a start really . |
| 7 | That should see me for a while . |
| 8 | Pigeons will use me for a launch-pad , and the winds will slowly wear me to a stump , but the views will be terrific . |
| 9 | If you intend to proceed with the appeal on your own , you should contact me for a copy of the relevant parts of the Sheriff Court process . |
| 10 | ‘ You could meet me for a drink sometimes . ’ |
| 11 | Dressing to Please They wo n't miss me for a morning . |
| 12 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 13 | Would you excuse me for a moment ? |
| 14 | ‘ Will you kindly excuse me for a moment ? |
| 15 | ‘ Would you excuse me for a moment ? ’ |
| 16 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 17 | And can you join me for a bit of breaking and entering some time this evening ? " |
| 18 | Later that day , Mrs Knelle declared that she 'd take me for a drive , to see Ashford Castle , a local stately home that was now an hotel . |
| 19 | ‘ Could you take me for a spin through the country , and then on to Sligo ? ’ |
| 20 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 21 | Do you take me for a fool , child ? ’ |
| 22 | I 'll always honour and obey you , Harry , and I 'll do anything you say or go anywhere you want if you 'll only take me for a wife . " |
| 23 | ‘ You 're ordering me around again , if that 's what you mean , ’ she replied , ‘ and if you think I 'm going to trot obediently upstairs and take off all my clothes you must take me for a fool . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do you take me for a highwayman ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do you take me for a fool , sir ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do you really take me for a fool ? ’ |
| 27 | I hope I may have given a few ideas and if anyone makes their fortune and buys a villa in the South of France , will you invite me for a holiday , please ? |
| 28 | Do n't mistake me for a patriot , but I want to take issue with Hardware director Richard Stanley 's remarks about the US ( FACE 24 ) . |
| 29 | I had very short hair , always wore jeans , sneakers and an anorak ( being perpetually cold ) , and strangers would often mistake me for a boy — my younger sisters ' younger brother . |
| 30 | Later , when I was more familiar with the beliefs and practices of the movement and had ‘ learned the language ’ , I would interact with the Moonies as though I were one of them , and , although I never pretended that I accepted their beliefs or that I was anything other than a sociologist studying the movement , members who did not know me would mistake me for a member — the Moonies themselves were no longer ‘ translating ’ for me when we were interacting . |