Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My presence disturbed them and they flew screaming about me for many minutes until they tired and began to settle on the dark water .
2 Well , Her Ladyship was rather special because she was with me for many years and supported me by producing calves for market .
3 ‘ He has coached me for many years and will certainly do so again , ’ admitted Gooch .
4 Been with me for many years .
5 With me for many years . ’
6 I have set down the following experience as one that has haunted me for many years .
7 He was a remarkable parliamentarian and , as a Minister , he was with me for many years .
8 Not only for myself as it 's been a particular project close to me for many years , but for the break up of a team , a team that has a long time to build up and a team that worked very well together and who were very committed .
9 I expected you to pay me for such attentions , my dear .
10 Indeed , leave all practical matters to me for all time .
11 Will you really stay with me for all time , be my wife ? ’
12 Now , where did you say you were going to take me for that drink ? ’
13 ‘ No , I was hoping you 'd join me for that drink . ’
14 The confrontation involved in sex seemed of all those available to me for that purpose the most powerful , the most open , the most personal .
15 Unlike Sam , or even me for that matter , he could admire a girl from afar , and leave it at that .
16 Or in me for that matter ?
17 Hast Thou ever seen me for that reason at all dejected ?
18 And marriage and being a mother terrifies me for that reason .
19 ‘ It 's nigh on two year since I 've been out that house , ’ said Bella suddenly , ‘ since the Warden took me for that X-ray after I fell over and hurt me wrist . ’
20 The course was important to me for several reasons .
21 Zakir thanked me and then quietly revealed that he had been watching me for several days .
22 There was a loud noise and my leg would not support me for several weeks .
23 She had n't written to me for several weeks and I was beginning to wonder what stage her marriage plans had arrived at , but was n't at all prepared for the news that greeted me .
24 And she 'd already been with me for several years before we met , so you felt that perhaps she knew me better than you did , and you hated that . ’
25 She looked at me for several seconds without speaking , and then said , ‘ Well , Molly , we all think you treat life as a joke ! ’
26 I had an apartment on the third floor , overlooking the square and the end of the Avenida Jose Antonio de Rivera round which I would watch Dana coming to join me for another afternoon of poetry .
27 Once she had managed to enter that cupboard successfully without any fear or panic , she was to telephone me for another appointment .
28 He said ‘ I did n't say it was right ’ he said , ‘ I said that is what they perceived ’ and he turned to the person next to him afterwards , he says ‘ well , that 's finished me for any promotion a job for promotion ’ .
29 I must ask those who are more familiar with the sciences to forgive me for any passages where they feel I might be guilty of over simplification .
30 No one asked me for any comment .
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