Example sentences of "[verb] me for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It will not cover me for the hearing . |
| 5 | Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | THEY WILL INFLUENCE ME FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS . |
| 8 | They will influence me for the rest of my days . |
| 9 | ‘ But the biggest joke is that Pauline actually recommended me for the part because she liked me so much ! |
| 10 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 11 | I have been convinced for a long time that people could not love , accept or respect me for the person I am , only for the amazing amount of exercise I can do . |
| 12 | You do n't need me for the moment , but I 'll be back this afternoon . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , Dacre came to find me for the purpose of asking my permission to address you , ’ said Kirtlington . |
| 14 | she , keeps checking me for the thyroid as well now , every time I go and the tablets are all going haywire , she takes a blood test , a blood thing you know , your pulse every time I go |
| 15 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 16 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 17 | It covers me for the preparation work to an industrial tribunal . |
| 18 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 19 | Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather , much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking . |
| 20 | And MacLane wanted to wallpaper me for the job . |
| 21 | Nothing prepared me for the reality of A wing . |
| 22 | On this last point let me for the present be content with a simple observation . |
| 23 | what went badly , and what beneficial feedback does that give me for the future ? |
| 24 | I have seen photographs of orca , both still and movie , close-up and underwater , but nothing prepares me for the sight of a real one that scythes out of the water 100 metres or so away from the boat . |
| 25 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 26 | I had to admit to myself that that threw me for the minute . |
| 27 | ‘ People will not remember me for the amount of money I have accumulated so much as the titles I have won . |
| 28 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 29 | They released me for the day and I sat in a cab desperately trying to keep calm whilst my mind raced through the practicalities of getting Mum back — cancelling the filming , getting the kids looked after for a while if … |
| 30 | A member of the Club Animacion Team had volunteered me for the lilo race across the pool — the first prize a free drink — who could resist ! |