Example sentences of "have [vb pp] me for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | One that has plagued me for some while . |
| 3 | I have to say that nothing in my career so far has prepared me for this kind of work . |
| 4 | I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years . |
| 5 | Can anyone tell me where ‘ balmpot ’ did originate as it has puzzled me for some 60 years ? |
| 6 | ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch . |
| 7 | You know they could have shot me for that . |
| 8 | You could have prepared me for this — ’ |
| 9 | London University had interviewed me for both of the courses for which I had applied : Arabic and Economics , and Swahili and Commercial Law . |
| 10 | Nothing had prepared me for that . |
| 11 | One bird had frustrated me for most of the trip . |
| 12 | I make this point after returning from a day 's walking near Ullswater when I was approached by a party of walkers who had followed me for some distance thinking that I was headed for the same destination . |
| 13 | He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars ! |
| 14 | On the machine build that he 's given me for this year , of which that is an example . |
| 15 | He said ‘ I did n't say it was right ’ he said , ‘ I said that is what they perceived ’ and he turned to the person next to him afterwards , he says ‘ well , that 's finished me for any promotion a job for promotion ’ . |