Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] you for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But might I trouble you for a cup of hot water ? ’ |
| 2 | He went and bought a pack of cigarettes from the machine behind him , searched his pockets , then asked : ‘ Could I trouble you for a light , Miss ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Could I trouble you for a receipt ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Can I see you for a minute ? ’ |
| 5 | I know you for a pure creature . |
| 6 | ‘ And is n't it fortunate that I know you for a blind fool ? ’ |
| 7 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
| 8 | ‘ So I watched you for a while , and when you saw me watching , and you looked nervous , as though you thought me a criminal , about to steal all the stock , it amused me to tease you , try and discover why Donal thought you special . |
| 9 | It was n't difficult ; I lost you for a moment when you covered your hair , but I know you too well for you to be able to hide from me . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When I first met you , I took you for a pleasure anorexic . ’ |
| 11 | I took you for a bit of a rogue , but maybe you 're just a fool . |
| 12 | ‘ Signorina , will you be all right if I leave you for a little while ? ’ |
| 13 | Erm do you mind if I leave you for a second ? |
| 14 | ‘ Well , I love you for a start — and there 's Mum and Dad and the kids . |
| 15 | ‘ Can I sting you for a pound ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Would you like me to leave you for a while ? ’ |
| 17 | All right , but let me stop you for a moment , there . |
| 18 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
| 19 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 20 | They say , ah well , we followed you for a tenth of a mile , right , and it took you so long to cover that . |
| 21 | Here 's me taking you for a prancing little parson when all the while the cloth is a covering for a frustrated sex maniac . ’ |
| 22 | Did they take you for a week and show you |
| 23 | ‘ Be soft with this London lot and they take you for a ride . |
| 24 | And then they test the evacuation alarm then , so that everybody knows the alarms and er where to be and then th Every six eight weeks or something they take you for a helicopter evacuation where everybody 's taken from the lifeboat master station . |
| 25 | A. If you are a tenant of one of the housing associations within about 100 miles of London which participate in the Project , you can ask it to nominate you for a move to another association within your area . |
| 26 | Now look it asks you for a certain number of things It says As The average does n't it ? |
| 27 | It gives them an excuse for piling into Deptford , and it lets them target you for a national man-hunt . ’ |