Example sentences of "for a [noun] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | You go to daddy for a minute let me get this erm these spuds on . |
| 2 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 3 | The following morning I rose early , dressed and asked for a driver to take me and my suitcase to the hospital . |
| 4 | Knowing what I do now [ he says ] , I think the DIA was looking for a way to get me back to Beirut to salvage what it could from the Asmar wreck . |
| 5 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm on my feet a lot of the day — washing and cooking for a man keeps me busy ’ |
| 7 | I pray for a wood-spirit to make me dance , |
| 8 | ‘ Called hup this morning , ’ Willie heard him say , ‘ so if you know anyone who 'd be looking for a job let me know . |
| 9 | It did n't dawn on me how seriously injured I was until I got into hospital and they sent for a cameraman to photograph me because they had never seen anyone survive injuries like mine and they wanted a record . |
| 10 | Suddenly he noticed how pale I was , and stopped for a moment to let me get my breath back . |
| 11 | He had already blown out in the first two matches yet still went for a practice to give me information on a different stretch for which I was grateful . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |