Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often they ask me for requests , and sometimes they will come over and ask about a piece of music I 've just played . |
| 2 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 3 | But they used to ask me for things but I thought there were enough s erm shops here really . |
| 4 | John suggests £10 — £15 has been allowed me for costumes . ’ |
| 5 | At 10 am precisely a bell rang and Miss Maine took me for introductions . |
| 6 | I have this kitchen full of people , all looking to me for instructions like it was me who organized this . |
| 7 | ‘ I think that 's the kindest thing that 's been said to me for ages , Ben dear . |
| 8 | ‘ Invoice me for damages . ’ |
| 9 | No one would start looking for me for hours ; not until after dark . |
| 10 | He took to it like a duck to water and from then on he 'd grill me for hours on end about the various types of plays , especially when we were watching it on TV . |
| 11 | Very gentle — he never got into fights , with me or anyone else ; and he 'd play with me for hours . |
| 12 | Otto must have talked to me for hours that day . |
| 13 | First climbed in 1954 , this classic test-piece had inspired me for decades . |
| 14 | ‘ Thoo 's walked 'ome from chapel together every Sunday for a couple o' years and now , when 'e does t'decent thing and asks me for thi 'and , thoo 's refusing . ’ |
| 15 | Were I to tell that story to my own son and tell him too of the subsequent shame and guilt that haunted me for months and is still so deeply etched in my memory , he would laugh and wonder what it was all about . |
| 16 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 17 | ‘ He did n't speak to me for months . |
| 18 | Paediatricians at any grade are welcome to contact me for names of suitable job sharers or simply for general advice if they already have a colleague with whom they wish to share . |
| 19 | She did n't ask what my plans were , or press me for details of any other potentially embarrassing subject . |
| 20 | Do not ask me for details . |
| 21 | If this sounds like your idea of fun and you would like information on joining in or even booking the Society , please contact me for details . |
| 22 | A reunion of the ship 's company is to be held in the RNA Club , Leamington Spa , on Saturday , July 3 , and I invite all members to contact me for details on or by letter . |
| 23 | She deserved it , she 'd been tormenting me for weeks , calling me Comic Stripper because I told better jokes than she did . |
| 24 | They were soon strolling with me round the house as if they 'd been expecting me for weeks . |
| 25 | But that first meeting , that mysterious … how shall I say , message from her light , from her light to my shadow , haunted me for weeks . |
| 26 | ‘ The thing is , it 's been building up inside me for weeks . |
| 27 | ‘ You 've been asking me for weeks if I 'm jealous ! |
| 28 | Because you 've been badgering me for weeks to go to a car boot sale . |
| 29 | Several older women , desperate about this situation came to me for contraceptives ( which I did n't have ) . |
| 30 | There 's a man who runs a jewellery-making class at the tech — he pays me for stones they can use . ’ |