Example sentences of "[v-ing] him for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Oh , that 's you , Fiver , is it ? " said Bigwig , noticing him for the first time . |
| 2 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 3 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 4 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 5 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 6 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 7 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 8 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 9 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 10 | A Jewish chronicler attributed the success of the expedition entirely to the youthful Ensign , calling him for the first time ‘ Cidi ’ , the equivalent of Mio Cid ‘ my lord ’ . |
| 11 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |
| 12 | Vincent looked at him , as if seeing him for the first time . |
| 13 | She looked up at Trent , as if seeing him for the first time : ‘ I 'd have drowned if you 'd left me on the Key . ’ |
| 14 | Though he was more like his old self , many suspected they were seeing him for the last time . |
| 15 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 16 | ‘ Carry on seeing him for the time being . |
| 17 | The boyish expression transformed the hard planes of his face and she stared at him as if she was seeing him for the first time . |
| 18 | But seeing him for the first time was like when you buy a new make of car you never noticed that kind before , then you realise they 're all over the place . |
| 19 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 20 | ‘ But if he is n't going to bother , I do n't think it 's fair to the other players to keep choosing him for the reserves . |
| 21 | Knowing him for the hard-hearted son of a bitch he was , I was still shaken . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Scotland Yard , ’ he informed Mr Multhrop severely , taking him for the doorman as he marched through the doors of the Imperial Hotel . |
| 24 | as if sensing that she had given up fighting him for the present , fitzAlan released her immediately , frowning down at her distraught face . |
| 25 | She moved past them , smiling at Axel , as if welcoming him for the first time . |
| 26 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
| 27 | There was a cool mockery in his deep voice , and she turned to glare at him , hating him for the fact that he seemed to be deriving amusement from her discomfort . |
| 28 | Fearless and aggressive , Jack become one of Palace 's youngest captains when he took over as skipper in 1956 , his determination and enthusiasm admirably suiting him for the role . |
| 29 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |