Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naked , come to Thee for dress ; |
| 2 | Helpless , look to Thee for grace ; |
| 3 | If I worship thee for fear of hell , |
| 4 | ‘ Within two or three days of John Salako flying out to California for his knee operation , he had me for company on the same ward . |
| 5 | She depended on me for company ; I was a better companion than Colonel Goreng . |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't sure if I was supposed to be wandering round , and I was going to bring Gwendoline Bear with me for company , but she does n't like strangers , so I came by myself . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You are asking me for money , ’ she said , shocked . |
| 8 | A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money . |
| 9 | And always , every day , he asked me for money . |
| 10 | She was going to ask me for money , I thought . |
| 11 | Chatting with me was presumably a lot more fun than going to bed with me for money — though less profitable , it had to be said . |
| 12 | you suddenly put me on the spot asking me for money . |
| 13 | Well , as a chemist perhaps you 'll forgive me for dwelling largely on what we as chemists do , but of course it 's not only the chemists in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences who do things for schools — it 's right across the area — but each year , for example , we have a week set aside for sixth form visits , in which parties of sixth formers come to the School and we 're about to talk to them about university entrance , about what goes on in universities , but , most importantly , to show them some of the apparatus which they do n't have at school but which they 've probably heard about . |
| 14 | This threw her more passionately on to me for solace and support , but I was losing patience — I did n't know how to cope . |
| 15 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 16 | In some ways I feel her peculiar dilemma parallels my own for she described her stance as one which distanced her from the classical anthropological mode , creating a ‘ memorable adventure ’ , which she claims , ‘ has marked me for life ’ ( ibid. 22 ) . |
| 17 | It all started out as a silly student prank , but it was to mark me for life . |
| 18 | Hold on , what I do is label it , they all come to me for signing . |
| 19 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 20 | You see he 's and then he had the cheek to charge me for insurance ! |
| 21 | A document has been drawn up , and has been sent here to me for consideration . |
| 22 | And I 'll tell thee for naught , Daniel — never look to me for succour . |
| 23 | I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before . |
| 24 | They had come to me for help in extricating themselves from satanism because the high priest had insisted on performing the ‘ Act of Unity ’ with their fourteen-year-old daughter . |
| 25 | She came to rely on me for help and support and I am very , very upset . |
| 26 | Two or three years ago a friend of mine who is a publisher applied to me for help in dealing with a complaint from a man who had bought one of his cookery books . |
| 27 | You came to me for help , remember ? |
| 28 | Eventually it seemed it was only I who ever thought about that still , cold morning , recalling in my dreams that cry and that hand held out to me for help I could not , would not give , and the silence that followed Andy disappearing under the ice . |
| 29 | I 'd also write down everything important that happened over the years , so that students of history would come to me for help . |
| 30 | Sometimes the English Catholics write to me and ask me for help , and sometimes I write to them . |