Example sentences of "i [verb] him for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 3 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 4 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 5 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
| 6 | So I had him for five hours , normally from 6 pm to 11 pm . ’ |