Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight . |
| 2 | You want to send him for dancing lessons . ’ |
| 3 | You can apply to my father for money if you still want to punish him for not backing you . |
| 4 | When this happens , we begin to enjoy him for himself , present within us . |
| 5 | I recall thanking him for his consideration , but quite probably I said nothing very definite for my employer went on : |
| 6 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
| 7 | ‘ I told you , Niall 's not the tyrant you seem to take him for . ’ |
| 8 | He receives his 1687.50 in margin plus an invoice ( or settlement ) amount to compensate him for being allocated a time deposit yielding less than the settlement interest rate . |
| 9 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |
| 10 | He was afraid she might see him sticking out and start taking him for granted or make unwomanly advances . |
| 11 | Deputy 's free and I 've booked him for the launch |
| 12 | The big fella is more keyed up than I 've seen him for a long time and he is channelling all his energies into one final world cup fling . |
| 13 | I 've sought him for years . |
| 14 | I 've got him for English . |
| 15 | I 've got him for drama . |
| 16 | I 've told him for years , but I did n't want to hurt him because I loved him . |
| 17 | ‘ Partly because I 've known him for years . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've known him for years . |
| 19 | If he does really well he can hope for a bonus of cross-party votes : never mind Patrick 's party label , we 've known him for a long time , we like him and he 's been very helpful . |
| 20 | I 've known him for seven years . |
| 21 | I 've known him for years . |
| 22 | You 've known him for only a few days , so that 's impossible . |
| 23 | I 've known him for about three years and we get on fine as friends . |
| 24 | I 've known him for years . ’ |
| 25 | I 've known him for years . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You 've known him for years … we 've even spent Christmas with his family ! ’ |
| 27 | I 've known him for thirty years , nothing surprises me with him . |
| 28 | But even if we 've known him for many years , if we 're committed Christians , if we 've been followers of Jesus , there are occasions , there are times in our life when there is turmoil and there is unrest and if we allow him to se , to take control he is able to bring peace . |
| 29 | I 've wanted him for as long as I can remember . " |
| 30 | ‘ What have I done ? ’ she said , her voice trembling , ‘ my baby , I 've lost him for good and it 's all your fault , Craig . ’ |