Example sentences of "me for [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time . |
| 2 | Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’ |
| 3 | Charlton confessed : ‘ This one has been troubling me for some time . |
| 4 | I sat with a tomato juice in front of me for some time straining my ears to hear what Nigel was saying . |
| 5 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 6 | I WOULD like to post a question that has been troubling me for some time . |
| 7 | Platt said : ‘ It has been niggling me for some time and , although it is nothing serious , it has been decided to sort it out sooner rather than later . ’ |
| 8 | My quizzing about the intellectual world which I was about to enter with some trepidation left him with a wry smile , which puzzled me for some time after , as my naïvety about the world of further education lasted well into my early days in college . |
| 9 | My little girl Natasha was with a friend at the time and because my mum had n't seen me for some time she was concerned . |
| 10 | I was too upset to eat or drink , but she sat with me for some time , talking gently to me , wiping away my tears , and helping me to recover . |
| 11 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |
| 12 | Something else about the chimney-breast , I realize , has been worrying me for some time now . |
| 13 | And erm he 's hired from me for some time now |