Example sentences of "came [prep] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right , I 'll sit on the table , you 've been good to me , savin' me from those blokes that came after me for nothing . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard . |
| 3 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 4 | She came with me for no reason at all , whereas it would have taken quite a few other PCs to shift her . |
| 5 | When Christian left for London to begin his new life in the Methodist ministry , Seb took him to the railway station at Shipton-under-Wychwood in the farm 's gig and Carrie came with him for the ride . |
| 6 | Our younger daughter came with us for a year to Australia , where Michael had a visiting Professorship at Sydney University . |
| 7 | His offence against those who came to him for medical help was less easy to punish . |
| 8 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 9 | Like many athletes Linford often came to him for advice . |
| 10 | Sooner or later every Stevenson bill came to him for discount ; and every foreign transaction went via him . |
| 11 | Everyone came to her for advice , as if she did not have enough of her own problems to solve . |
| 12 | You came to me for help , remember ? |
| 13 | He came to me for stuff to forget all that . |
| 14 | Although I was still young , important people came to me for advice . |
| 15 | I was on the board of the bank then , and he came to me for advice about a takeover bid for his company . |
| 16 | ‘ He came to me for help and those men murdered him ! |
| 17 | Several older women , desperate about this situation came to me for contraceptives ( which I did n't have ) . |
| 18 | Let's just tell you what you look like , you came to me for a job you would n't get it . |
| 19 | In London , the Charity Organization Society ( COS ) did pioneer work in developing a casework approach to the families who came to it for aid , helping them to solve their problems and help themselves rather than become dependent on charitable funds . |
| 20 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
| 21 | The family wanted to dispute the will , and that 's when Angela — Miss Morgan — came to us for advice . |
| 22 | ‘ People originally came to us for help with choosing wallpapers , paints , fabrics and curtains , but we realised we could give them a much broader service , ’ explains Jon . |
| 23 | Some people came to us for a week , some for a month and a few wanted to be taught the essentials of the job in two or three days . |
| 24 | A man came to us for food recently , but he also needed spiritual counselling . |
| 25 | Yeah , the reason that happened was that there was no-one servicing holidays erm and they came to us for an allocation and and we gave it to them . |