Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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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 | Often they ask me for requests , and sometimes they will come over and ask about a piece of music I 've just played . |
| 14 | Incidentally I was wearing my ‘ holy robes ’ at Alton Towers back in November , & some Blackburn fans came up to me to thank me for Batty ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 17 | This is your way of getting back at me for Emerson . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Gail Smith writes ‘ The burden God has given me for Albania took root in 1982 the first time I ever heard mention of the country and people . |
| 20 | Although the first step can be steroid injections , my GP referred me for surgery at Wanstead Hospital , south London . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | It all started out as a silly student prank , but it was to mark me for life . |
| 23 | I said , ‘ yesterday you collected some thirst quenchers from me for Bill Baudelaire 's daughter . ’ |
| 24 | Hold on , what I do is label it , they all come to me for signing . |
| 25 | You 've known me for yonks . ’ |
| 26 | I ca n't decide whether Albé likes me , or merely puts up with me for Shelley 's sake … |
| 27 | But they used to ask me for things but I thought there were enough s erm shops here really . |
| 28 | I was wrapped up in an officer 's uniform ; you could n't see me for fur and leather . |
| 29 | You see he 's and then he had the cheek to charge me for insurance ! |
| 30 | A document has been drawn up , and has been sent here to me for consideration . |