Example sentences of "me [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ca n't think of anywhere myself , let me think for a minute . |
| 2 | ‘ Let me think for a while . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , perhaps you might allow me to go for a walk from time to time , instead of waiting around in the servants ’ hall . |
| 4 | I thought er that God wanted me to be a doctor and I did n't have a place to go to , I took my A levels having had five chances of places to be a doctor and everybody saying no , we do n't want you and erm I had everybody praying for me at church and quite miraculously at the end of the August , when I should start in the September , I had a phone call at half past ten at night from a surgeon at the London Hospital asking me to go for an interview the next day . |
| 5 | She watched me eat for a while , mumbled something and left . |
| 6 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 7 | Told me to wait for the horse to lift its tail . ’ |
| 8 | I held it while a hand moved over me checking for the hardware . |
| 9 | My father wished me to try for a history scholarship and I occasionally read as hard as it was possible to do without any interest in history beyond the attempt to memorize facts … . |
| 10 | He turned to a small table by the door , struck a match to light the oil-lamp , and then carefully adjusted it , making me wait for an answer . |
| 11 | He taught me to aim for the knees since any weapon firing on automatic would climb high and right , and thus the fall of shot could be evenly distributed across the stomach and torso , ending in the head . |
| 12 | She looked so like my daughter did at her age , and the pleasure she gave me compensated for the lack of time I had with her mother when she was a child . |
| 13 | There there are three of us er , that is Mr Allenby Mr Heselton and me looking for an answer to a question which was about |
| 14 | It is alleged that I am unpunctual sometimes , so certain members of the party arranged with the driver and the guard to make me run for the train . |
| 15 | It 's the least you can tell me after keeping me waiting for an hour ! ’ |
| 16 | Sufficiently long gap between contractions for me to smile for the camera . |
| 17 | It would keep me going for the afternoon , until I could heat up the rest of the chicken for supper . |
| 18 | There 's enough to keep me going for the week there is n't there ? |
| 19 | Let me apologise for the printing errors that will be found on the team sheets in the middle of today 's programme . |
| 20 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 21 | Let her come to me begging for a haircut . |
| 22 | She put a condom on me and we got stuck in , but as soon as I had ejaculated she whipped the condom off me , leaving me floundering for a while on the bed . |
| 23 | I do not think that it is necessary for me to send for the chairmen of Back-Bench committees . |
| 24 | You want my money , you want my support , you want me to campaign for the future , you want me to recruit , then to get all of this reduce the cost of the subscriptions thus encouraging mass trade union membership . |
| 25 | It made me forget for a moment how low sales figures so often are nowadays , as there are some exciting campaigns planned , some clever gimmicks , some expensive promotions and , more important , some wonderful books . |
| 26 | ‘ You had me worried for a minute . ’ |
| 27 | The humbucker carries a clean sound well , although there 's a hint of midrange that made me go for the coil-tap to keep things sounding sweet . |
| 28 | He told me to watch for a seaman with one leg and to let him know the moment when a man like that appeared . |
| 29 | She kissed me and would n't let me pay for the ticket . |
| 30 | You would have forfeited Tracy Castle immediately , and ‘ t would have been granted to me to hold for the King . |