Sentence examples for pick me for from inspiring English sources

And if you are anointed successor, Dr. Sonnenfeld said, "You also need to ask, why did he pick me for this role?

"I'm no lyrical stylist, you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual," says Joanna Trollope, with an almost shocking lack of literary pretension.

I could not tell you if I was ever on the longlist for either of them because, for the 22 years of my life as a professional footballer, my thoughts rarely strayed beyond whether the manager was going to pick me for the next game.

"I'm just thankful that Mac [the Rhinos coach, Brian McDermott] had faith in me to pick me for the team, as there's been a couple of times this year where I've been in the squad but never got off the bench.

(What he may really be thinking is: I'm gracious enough to tout others. So pick me!) For all his nonchalance about his interview with Christopher, Lieberman was grateful to learn that the length of his 40-minute session was about average.

"'If people want to pick me for England then they do.

He never picked me for England.

My best friends stopped picking me for soccer games.

"But mainly, it was an accomplishment that Kevin picked me for," she said.

"They always picked me for the Tarzan films because my skin was so black," he told an interviewer.

I asked my boss why he picked me for the job and he said it was because I asked for a higher salary than anyone else.