Example sentences of "be [prep] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it had n't been for me they 'd never have nicked any guitars and there would have been no group . |
| 2 | I conducted the First Symphony during the war but the first two symphonies have always been for me a little to close to Tchaikovsky . |
| 3 | I show him how much I 've written here , how good a place it has been for me . |
| 4 | When fellwalking becomes a passion as it has been for me and many others , the summits are regarded as old friends and memories are refreshed on each visit . |
| 5 | I do n't think people have any idea how tough it has been for me . |
| 6 | Or it certainly has been for me . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , if it had n't been for me , you would n't have had it , because they asked me your character . |
| 8 | You 've no idea how good it 's been for me out here . |
| 9 | Everything my husband has done has been for me . |
| 10 | ‘ If it had n't been for me , ’ Mrs Danby said darkly , ‘ Veronica would never have gone to that wine and cheese party . |
| 11 | These syllables are for me the quintessence of the Beautiful , the Worthy , they are an inspiration , a political confession of faith and a moral and spiritual claim ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ They are for me . ’ |
| 13 | As far as children with special educational needs are concerned , there are for me two main worries . |
| 14 | With the possible exception of grant-maintained status , for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification , the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs ( open enrolment and local financial management ) are for me rather like the curate 's egg . |
| 15 | Funny thing was , he thought to himself , as he walked back to his own house , they might not have been after me at all . |
| 16 | Mr Jarvis , who first gained the attention of Mrs Major through his readings of the Richmal Crompton 's William stories , says : ‘ The BBC have been after me to record some more William stories but I have decided that one series a year is quite enough . |
| 17 | ‘ It took her six years to mention the second child to me , and because of the way she 's been towards me , I 've never had an avenue to find out whether he was my son or not . ’ |
| 18 | I wondered if he would see at once that something had happened to make my need of him as great as his had been of me when he last saw me . |
| 19 | ‘ I fail to see how they can be private when they 're about me . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They 're not for us , they 're for me . |
| 21 | ‘ They 're not for him , ’ she denied stiffly , ‘ they 're for me . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But they 're not jumble — they 're for me ! |
| 23 | Now , all these things are not just for this woman , they were for you , and they 're for me . |
| 24 | We begin with Belbo phoning from Paris to say , ‘ They 're after me , ’ and the telephone going dead just as he is about to give the password for the computer file which holds the final explanation known to him alone . |
| 25 | In fact , he was on the same traffic spot as myself and he told me , ‘ They 're after me . |
| 26 | Her first thought was , They 're after me . |
| 27 | ‘ They 're after me — quick , 'elp me , wo n't yer ? ’ she begged in a whisper . |
| 28 | Yes you think I ca n't see you just cos you 're behind me . |
| 29 | You 're either for me or you 're against me , you ca n't be neutral . |
| 30 | If you 're not for me , you 're against me . |