Example sentences of "[v-ing] i for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had no idea she was using me for a purpose of her own : I was too naive to realise until it dawned on me what it was , a few weeks later . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | Last week , I received a touching postcard from a recently divorced friend in Bonn thanking me for a letter . |
| 4 | ‘ You sound as if you 're interviewing me for a job . ’ |
| 5 | As you will be expecting me for a visit on your return tomorrow I am writing to let you know I shall not be attending your sessions again . |
| 6 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 7 | He often says unkind things to me , blaming me for the break-up of our marriage and accusing me of being a useless wife . |
| 8 | I know I 'm not a wallflower — other boys keep asking me for a date — but Harry just does n't seem to notice me . |
| 9 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 10 | He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer . |
| 11 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 12 | Must have been the early 1940s , my mother taking me for a walk near Bostall Woods during a gap in the bombing . |
| 13 | Not just taking me for a ride ? ’ |
| 14 | Yeah he 's not taking me for a ride or anything . |
| 15 | ‘ I think that certainly helped in preparing me for the jump — after all I had three years to think about it , ’ said Nigel . |
| 16 | telling me for a fact Steven wo n't touch me ? |
| 17 | ‘ What is there to stop your visiting me for a week ? |
| 18 | Hitting me for a fiver commission as well . |