Example sentences of "did he [vb infin] [pers pn] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Well , what on earth did he do it for ? ’ asked the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott .
2 ‘ What did he want it for , Charlie-bloody-Hatton ?
3 ‘ What reason did he give you for coming all the way over to Otters ' Bay when he could perfectly well have slept in his boat ? ’
4 Only when it became totally apparent that she would never reform and was bent on self-destruction for both of them did he leave her for the younger and more stable Lauren Bacall .
5 Did he take her for a fool ?
6 And the sold them for a third profit so what did he sell them for ?
7 What did he sell them for ?
8 No longer did he ask her for cuttings of her pubic hair !
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