Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] [verb] i for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've often asked , but nobody could tell me for certain . ’ |
| 2 | Er but nobody could tell me for certain what it was that they intended to use it for , er but it was apparently not guaranteed that it would continue to be used er as a market hall . |
| 3 | What effectively , I think , I mean I 've never actually sat down because it would be an enormous mistake and nobody would thank me for it , but my guess is that those enormously complex classificated can be understood as a method by which old men rig the system for their own benefit and hide this kinds of ridiculous anonymous and the anomaly basically is the young men end up with old wives |
| 4 | ‘ This is something which will haunt me for the rest of my life . |
| 5 | ‘ You may thank me for the breakfast , ’ McAllister said , sitting down to attack her own meal with vigour , ‘ but the weather — now that , alas , is beyond me . |
| 6 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | You must hate me for it . ’ |
| 9 | If I forgive you for being male and cruel and unreasonable , you must forgive me for being female and for carrying another man 's child and wanting you at the same time . |
| 10 | ‘ You must forgive me for not being more helpful . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | If I do n't , I think she might sue me for every penny I have . |
| 13 | I thought you might pay me for it . |
| 14 | Right at this moment I 've awakened needs you thought you 'd buried , but in the cold light of morning you 'll blame me for taking advantage . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then you 'll owe me for six months ' work . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Well ! ’ he said , ‘ I hope you 'll forgive me for having knocked you down that day . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You 'll forgive me for making the point , ’ said Calatin , ‘ but you do get the odd rebel , even these days . |
| 18 | Well , as a chemist perhaps you 'll forgive me for dwelling largely on what we as chemists do , but of course it 's not only the chemists in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences who do things for schools — it 's right across the area — but each year , for example , we have a week set aside for sixth form visits , in which parties of sixth formers come to the School and we 're about to talk to them about university entrance , about what goes on in universities , but , most importantly , to show them some of the apparatus which they do n't have at school but which they 've probably heard about . |
| 19 | ‘ If I say one of my contacts tipped me off , I expect you 'll pester me for his name . ’ |
| 20 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 21 | ‘ Take off those shoes , you 'll thank me for it later . |
| 22 | You 'll be aboard my ship when we sail on the Sunday tide , and I 'll warrant you 'll thank me for it in the years to come . |
| 23 | You 'll thank me for this later . |
| 24 | " You 'll thank me for this later , lads . |
| 25 | You 'll thank me for this ! ’ |
| 26 | Do you a lot of good , you 'll thank me for it one day . |
| 27 | ‘ Just you bear in mind that you 've got me now , Kate , and you 'll have me for as long as you want me . |
| 28 | Well precisely for that reason , that not only this particular person , but lots of other people at times cause trouble , and I 'm not always there erm and Pauline , who 's next to me , who you 'll probably talk to in a minute — she 's over eighty , she 'll kill me for telling you that because she does n't look it , she only looks about forty , but — erm she stuck in there and people are frightened and erm worried about her , and the fact is that erm there 's no other way of calling the police than having a phone . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ No , I was hoping you 'd join me for that drink . ’ |