Example sentences of "[verb] me [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink . ’ |
| 2 | Francis has aggravated an old groin problem in training , and said : ‘ You can count me out for the next two weeks . ’ |
| 3 | I had this idea they had booked me in for a Caesarean because I 'm small , but had n't told me . |
| 4 | Then they ( the police ) would lock me up for a couple of hours at a time but I did n't get charged until I was 15 . ’ |
| 5 | I did n't consider the possibility of turning back to the runway behind me , but at the time I thought that a very low-level circuit to the left would bring me round for a landing on an adjacent runway . |
| 6 | You put me aside for the winter . |
| 7 | put me in for a lovely red for me . |
| 8 | ‘ Put me down for a fiver both ways . ’ |
| 9 | Somebody said , well the Harbourmaster 's not coming , I said , right go back to work and that 's the time I , that 's the time when we had the first baby and erm , that 's the first one we lost and anyhow they put me off for a fortnight and erm I went down to , I say go up the Board of Guardians , that was like the D H S S but a little bit lower and I just start to buy this house soon as I said to this bloke , he live in the council house over here this bloke , what was interviewing me |
| 10 | They let me out for the day and then , when he regained consciousness five days later , they let me out again to see him . |
| 11 | I 'll have a bath an' all an' my brither-in-law 'll see me right for the gear . ’ |
| 12 | Well tough he 's not getting my , he 's not getting the ensuite room , I can tell you If I if I have got three lodgers and I 'm getting on with them and they 're they 're paying me regularly for the sake of an extra twenty pounds or whatever and the annoyance from Tony coming in at ten a or there abouts and then sitting there like a stuffed frock waiting for me to leap about and put food on a plate and microwave it not doing it , Brenda ! |
| 13 | It was no fun , and the putrid bridie at the restaurant , thrown across the counter at me by a young waitress who clearly blamed me personally for the shortcomings in her life , was little consolation . |
| 14 | you know had some of that and erm my fried breakfast and my toast and my cup of coffee and I thoroughly enjoyed that , set me up for the day that did . |
| 15 | Earnest me anyway slightly hankered alter another Italian boy , Joseph , who had invited me out for a walk . |
| 16 | Then : ‘ You 'll have to let me out for the Jubilee . |
| 17 | What I do n't want is a man who takes me out for a meal , buys a bottle of cheap plonk and expects payment in the form of instant sex , either in the back of his car , or if he gets really lucky , in my flat . |
| 18 | It 's been really getting me down for the last four seasons — I 've been running disgustingly . |
| 19 | Vitamins , they said it was , to build me up for the flight home on Saturday . |
| 20 | and she 's been letting me off for the keep . |
| 21 | Yes ar are not that good but I 'm working at it on a sort of regional basis erm but you may have to keep me here for a very long time in order to achieve it . |
| 22 | ‘ A fast car will take me back for a drink with the cast afterwards , but if they have n't got it right yet , they never will . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ The least you could do is invite me in for a coffee . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ This has set me up for the rest of the season and now I can have a real crack at the England squad , ’ he said . |
| 25 | And er Betty called me in for a cup of coffee but and I was there , I think , for over two hours . |
| 26 | How about taking me out for a drink then ? |
| 27 | By Sunday evening , though , I was getting back to myself and expected to be let out in a day or two but they kept me in for the week , giving me tests , including an electrocardiogram . ’ |
| 28 | And if you do go back there , at least phone me occasionally and ask me over for a meal — I 'll bring a bottle of vino . |
| 29 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 30 | She was just using the fact that I was desperate to hold me up for an outrageously high fee . |