Example sentences of "[noun] for i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Try to keep me away , ’ he had whispered , ‘ although it is exquisite torture for me these days , my dear McAllister , to have you so near , and be unable to stroke every bit of your delectable body . |
| 2 | ‘ You can do an errand for me this afternoon , McAllister , ’ she said . |
| 3 | Those Yids , they set far more stock by this Christmas nonsense than most of us — damn' nuisance — God , I 've missed having you to do my shopping for me this year . |
| 4 | ‘ Could you ask Francisco to find the woman who looked after the shop for me last time I was ill ? ’ |
| 5 | When Mr. Gosling picked the apples for me last month he left a few on the top branches he could n't reach , and they 're rather a temptation to boys , I expect . |
| 6 | ‘ Any chance of your taking a video for me some time ? ’ |
| 7 | At least I do n't think so , ’ I told her , but she just smiled and told me she had no further use for me that day and to call the next day which was to be a school holiday . |
| 8 | It 's like when I was a kid and when everybody else in the grammar school got school dinners I had to queue outside the headmaster 's office every morning for me free dinner ticket . ’ |
| 9 | It has been a very difficult choice for me this time . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ A daughter for me old age . ’ |
| 11 | She did she did nine nine instructions for me last week . |
| 12 | Was there a call for me this morning ? ’ |
| 13 | Janet posted a letter for me last week to a friend who I worked with at Ipswich , she was one of the girls behind the counter and at the moment they , her and her husband , he , he , he , he was on the , he finished up but he started as a lad in the kitchen but he finished up as a chef on the dining cars and they married and er and they 've got er two children erm they 're married to and , and we kept , we 've kept in touch with each other for sixty years |
| 14 | You will be wondering , what is the message of Christmas for me this year in the face of this or that problem ? |
| 15 | It was no Christmas for me this Christmas . |
| 16 | ‘ Only lust ’ does n't have any appeal for me these days . ’ |
| 17 | You 'll have to start doing a few jobs for me next week . |