Example sentences of "[vb past] me for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
2 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
3 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |
4 | There was a period of incredibly intense excitement which , I think , probably sustained me for the next five or ten years . |
5 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
6 | I had each Wednesday afternoon off from Russell 's and he enroled me , secretly , into his school for lessons with his normal classes , He and his wife held a weekly open house and these cramming sessions prepared me for the coming Halton entrance examination . |
7 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
8 | Max joined me for the last nine of my eighteen-months ' stint in Sun City . |
9 | My father went mad and I think he actually hated me for a short while . |
10 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
11 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
12 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
13 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
14 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
15 | He saw me for the first time . |
16 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
17 | Five years ago , you nominated me for the National Executive of the Labour Party . |
18 | I was there on my own , because the Yorkshire Television film crew had been positioned on the roof of the Palace , and would have been quite at a loss but a lady from the Yorkshire Post spotted me and kindly accompanied me for a little while . |
19 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
20 | Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past . |
21 | My first girlfriend left me for a new man . |
22 | you left me for a classical guitarist . |
23 | 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 . |