Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] me for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | That should see me for a while . |
| 3 | You must take me for a fool ! |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 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 | If I do n't , I think she might sue me for every penny I have . |
| 7 | ‘ You could meet me for a drink sometimes . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | What I saw that morning could spoil me for a sexual relationship forever . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | While I was at Cambridge , I began to follow a rule of life which I hoped would prepare me for the priesthood . |
| 12 | ‘ To look at me , no one would take me for the Miracle-Worker , ’ Gabriel persisted , and he grinned and rubbed his short head of hair which had barely grown long enough for a single curl . |
| 13 | As for killing Havvie , I did not think that she would thank me for the scandal , ’ he finished simply . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They would repay me for the dowry I wasted on you , but I have no wish to be reminded of you . |
| 16 | They would ask me for the pass I did n't have , then they would want to know what I was doing there . |
| 17 | THEY WILL INFLUENCE ME FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS . |
| 18 | They will influence me for the rest of my days . |
| 19 | sort of well a couple of nights deejaying will do me for a start really . |
| 20 | Pigeons will use me for a launch-pad , and the winds will slowly wear me to a stump , but the views will be terrific . |
| 21 | ‘ This is something which will haunt me for the rest of my life . |
| 22 | Hope you can join me for the breakfast show for Gary and Robbo 's next in your day . |
| 23 | Do n't imagine you can play me for a fool . |