Example sentences of "for me [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pam knew about Rosie , that we 'd done everything together and had n't been split up and that it was hard for me to leave her . |
| 2 | Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him . |
| 3 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
| 4 | Graham sitting there waiting for me to kick him in the teeth . |
| 5 | ‘ Yesterday you were a very Good Samaritan , ’ she smiled , and took the opportunity , while he seemed halfway friendly , to enquire , ‘ I do n't suppose it would be convenient for me to interview you now , Mr Gajdusek , would it ? ’ |
| 6 | It remains for me to urge you , on behalf of CPRW , to ensure that comprehensive and enforceable conditions , based on those proposed by Clwyd County Council , are attached to planning permission for the terminal , should you be minded to recommend permission . |
| 7 | Yeah but what you could do , Nancy will be really responsible about things like that , you can say to her if a big fat Housing Benefit cheque comes for me cash it and put it in my bank . |
| 8 | I have moved the patient in there to be closer to the turret , the better for me to nurse her . |
| 9 | It is quite commonplace for me to thrust my hand past my ferrets , grab a rabbit by its hind legs and pull it past the ferret . |
| 10 | Now the only way to make that one-one , is for me to restrict my input to integers . |
| 11 | At school we were weighed regularly — at the beginning , middle and end of each term — and it had been customary for me to record my weight in my diary on all these occasions . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , a great bunch of fellows , I thought — language was a bit of a problem , but they were so keen for me to join their party , they just would n't take no for an answer — really friendly people , I thought … ’ |
| 13 | He called to me again and though I could not quite make out his words , I could see him gesturing for me to join him . |
| 14 | He gestures for me to join him by patting the cushion to his left . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , now that I am here and can have the tale formally , direct from the prior , it 's for me to join him in sending word to the bishop . |
| 16 | anyway he walked , he was only away about twenty minutes you know he wanted to get the car and for me to drive I thought well er |
| 17 | But the evidence on which he should base his advice to me is the same evidence on which it would have been appropriate for me to form my own judgment . |
| 18 | I am saving up a full account until our return , for it is impossible for me to give it in writing . |
| 19 | ‘ Are n't you going to wait for me to give you a lift ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's impossible for me to give you a definite answer . ’ |
| 21 | Respectfully waiting for me to give my orders . |
| 22 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It will not be near enough for me to visit you often . ’ |
| 24 | So while his real need for me had something to do with prac-ticalities , he reinforced in me the sense that his need had something to do with his sister 's death . |
| 25 | IT is a great privilege and pleasure for me to honour my old friend and colleague John Gillam , with whom I have worked and argued over the last thirty years . |
| 26 | His theories are well enough known for me to sketch them only briefly . |
| 27 | There was no reason for me to fear it . |
| 28 | You 've put me in a position where it would be very easy for me to sabotage your plans . ’ |
| 29 | My mother was quite capable of making the journey but , because of her age , I had felt that it would be wrong for me to allow her to undertake it . |
| 30 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |