Example sentences of "[vb past] i for the [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ But the biggest joke is that Pauline actually recommended me for the part because she liked me so much ! |
| 3 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 4 | ‘ I have discovered that the black people I have been working with in the inner cities proposed me for the award . |
| 5 | Nothing prepared me for the reality of A wing . |
| 6 | It joined me for the rest of the holiday , much to the annoyance of my fellow passengers . |
| 7 | I had to admit to myself that that threw me for the minute . |
| 8 | included in mine , so it meant that they paid me for the summer holidays cos I did n't officially really |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | She thanked me for the information — and then she left . ’ |
| 11 | He paid one of them £300 ‘ who , because I employed another to fit up my last room , out of pique arrested me for the balance . ’ |
| 12 | He watched me for the effect of this slang . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 15 | I came to Britain from Cyprus when I was six and , when I was 12 , my mother volunteered me for the job of interpreting for a pregnant neighbour who needed to talk to a doctor . |