Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] him for " in BNC.

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1 After hearing the evidence the justices announced that they found him guilty , but on hearing of his previous convictions they decided that they would not deal with the case and committed him for trial to quarter sessions .
2 The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years .
3 " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me .
4 Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk
5 ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs .
6 ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find .
7 Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside .
8 Give him a call and ask him for some winners . ’
9 But it is sobering to reflect that Bowes could devote so much time and energy to assembling his huge collections , a task that preoccupied him for many years , without apparently caring that a main source of his wealth , coal , was blighting lives and blighting the countryside .
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