Example sentences of "he [vb past] them for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit . |
| 2 | So he sold them for four X. |
| 3 | Later , if he was not offered those conditions , he created them for himself . |
| 4 | He must have felt it and he must have suffered afterwards from it I would imagine , but he had , he had those qualifications , he had those abilities and he used them for a . |
| 5 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 6 | Even when he scolded them for some minor wrongdoing , he would cite the great orators like Cicero or Burke , as if he was taking part in a parliamentary debate , instead of addressing two small boys . |
| 7 | Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day . |
| 8 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , for example , he believed certain things which were wrong ( such as the tenets of Unitarianism ) , and he believed them for the wrong reasons ( such as the theistic proofs ) . |
| 10 | Only once did Kinnock appear out of his separate cabin in the leader 's aircraft in order to talk to reporters , and that was when he thanked them for a birthday card . |
| 11 | Angrily , as if he blamed them for his loneliness , he set about his fri ed eggs and bacon . |
| 12 | He jailed them for the weekend , the judge . |
| 13 | He watched them for two minutes , but they did not move . |
| 14 | He took them for drives , showing her the extraordinary beauties of Umbria . |
| 15 | He took them for a test drive and then Mrs Lomax drove , a little jerkily until she got more used to the Glory . |
| 16 | W. C. T. had been busy in other ways too , fathering a series of children ; three at least were to die young , and he took them for burial to his cousins , Baptist Chapel at Worship Street , Shoreditch . |
| 17 | Erm , George and I had that class shared between us , he took them for an hour a week and I did and i if there is a class that any of us had ever taken that would be unlikely to be able to write something meaningful of this kind |
| 18 | He took them for a stroll along the banks of the stream . |
| 19 | Biddle 's time at the mills drew to a close in 1853 , when he advertised them for sale . |
| 20 | The doctor told me they were strong : in fact he prescribed them for me but it seems more logical to give them to Mum since it 's her that stops me sleeping . |
| 21 | That 's what he bought them for in the first place . ’ |
| 22 | Mum Lynn said at their home in Faversham , Kent : ‘ We have kidded him since he bought them for school camp that he has n't taken them off . |
| 23 | he bought them for three quid ? |
| 24 | Yeah/ Which is highly improbable but he bought them for three pounds |
| 25 | Yes and he , he said to Norman do you want these , he bought them for somewhere for the house |
| 26 | When he was quizzed Righton — a leading consultant on children 's homes -said he had them for his ‘ personal gratification . ’ |
| 27 | He said he was sure the shop assistants would know what he wanted them for from the way he asked . |
| 28 | He criticised them for being ‘ too optimistic as to what is and what is not possible to us ’ , and also for under-estimating the enemy 's ability to launch a major offensive . |