Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] me for the " in BNC.

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1 Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car .
2 And she asked me for the fifty P .
3 She thanked me for the information — and then she left . ’
4 He described a life so different from my own that I could not have imagined it — ‘ She loved me for the dangers I had passed , and I loved her , that she did pity them . ’
5 Five years ago , you nominated me for the National Executive of the Labour Party .
6 in the endland It was too far to go every day , so I went for the week , came home to the flat at weekends , She had squash , groundnuts , rows of beans on nylon lines She had me for the weeding .
7 included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really
8 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 …
9 They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger .
10 they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate .
11 And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won .
12 He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two .
13 Just then he noticed me for the first time .
14 It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers .
15 It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us .
16 When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more .
17 He watched me for the effect of this slang .
18 He saw me for the first time .
19 ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan .
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