Example sentences of "[to-vb] i for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 2 | He had the grace to thank me for my co-operation . ’ |
| 3 | He wrote back to thank me for it . |
| 4 | My peers are more tolerant , more willing to accept me for what I am rather than for what I might produce or become in the hierarchy . |
| 5 | Do you know what Shrimpy 's decided to buy me for my birthday ? |
| 6 | ‘ I want you to console me for what is inconsolable , ’ I wrote to Elizabeth . |
| 7 | At the moment it helps to console me for my lack in that direction . ’ |
| 8 | Each of them seeks to use me for his own ends . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ He 's going to leave me for you ? |
| 10 | But in the end the Turkish captain decided to keep me for himself , and took me home with him . |
| 11 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 12 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 13 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 14 | I was proud of my achievement — I had managed something that my mistress had not — I was pregnant with Abraham 's heir , and Sarah started to hate me for it . |
| 15 | The bastard tried to pay me for it , the only way he could get excited was by the thought of buying me . |
| 16 | They 're not getting anything out of me , they 're having to pay me for my body . ’ |
| 17 | " If my father decides to beat me for what I did , " he whispered fiercely to himself , " please help me to endure the pain and not to cry . |
| 18 | Always before he had only had to touch me for me to be ready for the final act which we 'd always denied ourselves ; there was no reason to suppose that would n't happen again . |
| 19 | And I was fortunate : no one ever stopped me either to ask me for my identity card or to see what I had in my bag . |
| 20 | She has said nothing of this to me , and as her father I really ought to know , I think , what she , and you , propose to do , even if in the modern fashion you do not choose to ask me for my blessing . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ She 's trying to take me for everything I 've got , my friend , ‘ he said . |
| 22 | I would not tell you , even were you to dismiss me for it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What I do n't understand is why you appear to blame me for something someone else thought and said . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ And to blame me for her bitterness is the height of absurdity ! |