Example sentences of "[vb pp] me for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't help smiling at that ; she still had n't quite forgiven me for the fact that her remedy had n't been effective . |
| 2 | He 's picked me for the Jack Gannon , and I 'm four months under age , and he says Hermia 's really improved . ’ |
| 3 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 4 | Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather , much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking . |
| 5 | A member of the Club Animacion Team had volunteered me for the lilo race across the pool — the first prize a free drink — who could resist ! |
| 6 | They were the same officers that had arrested me for the charge I was on . |
| 7 | There were some among them would have killed me for the hell of it . |
| 8 | ‘ You have paid me for the ring , a little , ’ he said aloud , and got off the bed , leaving her in disorder . |