Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] him for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nine months on Mr Boulton is still waiting for the two and a half thousand pounds he claims Brit-Pol owes him for the coach . |
| 2 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 3 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 4 | Wright 's last appearance for his country was as a sub against Hungary in Budapest in May , and Graham promised : ‘ If England pick him for the game against Norway next month he 'll join the squad ’ . |
| 5 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 6 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 7 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 8 | Two of his greatest performances came in 1979 , with 5 for 38 in the World Cup final and 6 for 29 in the Gillette final for Somerset , although both times Richards pipped him for the match award . |
| 9 | Thiercelin liked him for the ‘ we ’ : Epitot personally could hardly have been faulted . |
| 10 | Clever Trevor must be the most over rated player in Scotland ( except for Paul McStay ) and it surprises me how Taylor picks him for the England squad yet does n't give big Mark the nod . |
| 11 | Would some lingering affection for the man she had once married have driven her to France to see him for the last time ? |
| 12 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 13 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 14 | Andrew 's mother Christine nominated him for the award . |
| 15 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 16 | In 1979 Serjeant 's former employer Richard Sheppard recommended him for the post of Surveyor to the Royal Academy . |
| 17 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 18 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 19 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 20 | After the Labour victory of 1929 , Ramsay MacDonald considered him for the post of Foreign Secretary . |
| 21 | And Sinatra punished him for the rest of his life . |
| 22 | John McVurich , alledged diviner , being summond and not compared recommended him to the session of Kilarrow to processe him for the same . |
| 23 | Manager Arthur Rowe signed him for the Palace , but it was under Dick Graham that Peter reached the climax of his playing career . |
| 24 | A week later , Warren Beatty grabbed him for the role of Clyde 's brother Buck in Bonnie and Clyde , for which he would gain an Oscar nomination . |