Example sentences of "me [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I checked and the Peterborough players with me went for the check . |
| 32 | Just do n't expect me to ring for an ambulance in the morning when you 're discovered suffering from pneumonia and exposure ! ’ |
| 33 | I 'm saying no matter what my mum would never let me come for an hour , two hour . |
| 34 | ‘ You 've asked enough to keep me talking for a month . |
| 35 | If they only want me to stay for a year then I 'm entitled to do what I want under freedom of contract . |
| 36 | ‘ Well , ’ said Fribble , ‘ Calatin here has been so kind as to invite me to stay for a while . |
| 37 | Did any News reader obtain one and would they sell me a copy or allow me to pay for a loan of a negative ? |
| 38 | Of course , if you want me to pay for the call I will . ’ |
| 39 | I 've seen the Fire guys and they told me to ask for an Inspector Ball . |
| 40 | ‘ You can scarcely conceive ’ , she wrote , ‘ how the jarring contrast between the sounds which are now for-ever ringing in my ears and the sweet sounds of Allfoxden makes me long for the country again . ’ |
| 41 | Nearby the sea terns and eider ducks were nesting , the ducks beautifully camouflaged , sitting tight as long as they could , then moving quickly to reveal eggs of a gorgeous sage green looking so warm in their nest of breast feathers that it made me long for the comforts of my sleeping bag . |
| 42 | I told her what had happened and she took it all in her stride , and once she 'd stopped laughing about Simon she told me to head for the pub where I 'd dropped Clara . |
| 43 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 44 | Anyway that thought decided me to make for the bedroom but I was late starting and had only just reached the top of the stairs when he was half-way up with the big brown teapot held in his pelting position . |