Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May claim thee for his pains . |
| 2 | ‘ Dear sweet Lord above , I do thank Thee for Thy kindness in showing me this lovely woman before I died . ’ |
| 3 | The kindness of my Kildalton friends in thinking of me for their minister is encouraging as showing that no truly earnest , honest . |
| 4 | I knew that telling them would be hard but nothing prepared me for their anger and grief during our final month together . |
| 5 | Also , if anybody 's not actually paid me for their book that they actually purchased last week , I 'm open to accept payment today . |
| 6 | ‘ So you do blame me for her blindness , ’ he said menacingly . |
| 7 | I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse . |
| 8 | ‘ And to blame me for her bitterness is the height of absurdity ! |
| 9 | The Widow Douglas , she took me for her son , and allowed she would sivilize me ; but it was rough living in the house all the time , considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways ; and so when I could n't stand it no longer , I lit out . |
| 10 | As I was pulling on the worn satin slippers I thought of the new ones my sister had bought me for her wedding . |
| 11 | I rely on everybody else , but she has to rely on me for her food and comfort . |
| 12 | " Please , Great-grandfather , do n't let my father be angry with me for what Kim did , " she prayed silently , closing her eyes as tightly as she could in an effort to add force to her thoughts . |
| 13 | You 're having a go at me for what Penny and Natalie said and I never said it . |
| 14 | The key to such a system is that everyone asks : Who in this organization depends on me for what information ? |
| 15 | He did not tell me for what crime , and I did not raise the subject with Jean-Claude . |
| 16 | Remember that scare quotes themselves are simply disclaimers ( " this is n't my word , so do n't blame me for its implications " ) ; they do not solve — or even identify — the problems that the word presents . |
| 17 | ‘ There is a God , and He 's punishing me for our sin , punishing me through Denny . ’ |
| 18 | Did Billy take , ooh forget me for me bedroom |
| 19 | I was n't there at the time and I 'm damned if they 're going to top me for your brothers . |
| 20 | dir : You ca n't blame me for your failure to secure funding . |
| 21 | ‘ I pleaded with you to stay but you turned your back on me for your career and your partner . |
| 22 | When you walked out on me for your career and your partner ? ’ |
| 23 | My poor mother , I am sure , could n't determine whether to commend my prudence or berate me for my lack of romance . |
| 24 | At the moment it helps to console me for my lack in that direction . ’ |
| 25 | ( thanking me for my congratulations on her beautiful master-piece ) : ‘ It is hopeless the way life has to change , and become less than life . |
| 26 | Well I wonder what Lord Hanson will pay me for my I C I shares they 're still writing . |
| 27 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 28 | I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people . |
| 29 | ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name . |
| 30 | OK , so he paid me for my taxi . |