Example sentences of "[prep] me for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the defeat at Bramall Lane they had the biggest hammering they 've had off me for a long time . |
| 2 | They do n't pay me much , but I 'm looking about me for a good opportunity . |
| 3 | ‘ She has worked for me for a long time . |
| 4 | Sister said she had no work for me for a few minutes , so I could direct traffic for her whilst she had a few words with Dr Jones . |
| 5 | Erm and if it 's not it 's er I 'm not going to deny the fact that some people say you know this has been good for me for the last eighteen months erm I 'm er I 'm used to being self employed I 'm going to stay that way but I 'm looking at other avenues . |
| 6 | Attracted by my outcry , the thing was flopping towards me for a closer look . |
| 7 | I did the business with my camera , now there was plenty of light with the barn doors open , and was in the process of replacing the tarpaulin when the alarm bells went off and scared the hell out of me for the second time in five minutes . |
| 8 | As the white cliffs of Dover receded and the coast of France drew near , the inimitable excitement of ‘ abroad ’ took hold of me for the first time — the only really positive emotion I had felt for twenty-six months . |
| 9 | ‘ I sent him ahead of me for the six-month quarantine , and the day he got out was one of the best days of my life . ’ |
| 10 | Yes , I was possessed , but happy to be so , if it allowed me to be with him , to feel him near me for a few hours every day . |
| 11 | She 'll stay with me for a long time . ’ |
| 12 | So it 's a thing that stayed with me for a long time . |
| 13 | Felipe sat with me for a long time . |
| 14 | You 've been with me for a whole week now and you might just as well have been a girl , or a boy without balls . |
| 15 | Dare I repeat a story I 've told before about a friend , an unscrupulous bloke , canvassing with me for a local election in Wandsworth ? |
| 16 | ‘ Could n't you stay with me for a few days in case those men come back . ’ |
| 17 | I 'll take the little one home with me for a few days to give you a break . |
| 18 | " Hazel , " said Fiver , " could you come up on the bank with me for a few moments ? |
| 19 | Do you think you will be safe , working with me for a few weeks ? |
| 20 | ‘ Then there 's no reason why you should n't come and sit with me for a few minutes . |
| 21 | The kitchen window was still open and I climbed in after crushing another handful of lavender with the intention of taking it to bed with me for an invigorating sleep , if such a thing is possible . |
| 22 | He was coming to stay with me for the British Grand Prix in three weeks , ’ said Lord Hesketh , now Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords . |
| 23 | I think you 'd better work with me for the next few days , or if I 'm not here , then with one of my staff nurses . |
| 24 | You 've put up with me for the last ten days . ’ |
| 25 | In October 1869 he wrote to Rohde : a whole lot of aesthetic problems and answers have been bubbling inside me for the last few years … of course , Wagner is in a very pregnant sense beneficial , especially as , an example incomprehensible on the basis of traditional aesthetics … ; and a few months later he was proclaiming to another correspondent a " marvellously new and changed … |
| 26 | The mail will probably take a couple of days longer to reach you from Sian , & no doubt we 'll be very busy when we get there , so forgive me if you do n't hear from me for a little while . |
| 27 | ‘ And do n't worry if you do n't hear from me for a few days . |
| 28 | So Kenny Parker took over from me for the second half . |
| 29 | ‘ Would you talk to me for a few minutes ? ’ |
| 30 | He rented me a projector , and because he wanted to retire sold his movies to me for a few pesetas a twelve-reeler . |