Example sentences of "him for [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a heartening conversation and I was grateful to him for contacting me . |
| 2 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 3 | He has an excellent background in support , not involved in in the running but continuous interest and support and for him to take on this challenge shows a particular kind of commitment to the work of the Save The Children Fund and we 're very grateful to him for taking it on and I sincerely hope that he will enjoy the experience , especially after meeting all of you today . |
| 4 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 5 | I 'll bollock him for sticking his rubbish in my cu cupboards . |
| 6 | They 're gon na charge him for casting his . |
| 7 | She turned on Walter Ash and reviled him for allowing her to hope , and indeed , despite the final outcome , it was his dangerous encouragement of this scheme that prefaced her final disillusion with him . |
| 8 | He knew she was angry with him for allowing their daughter to join the hunt , traditionally something only a select few men were allowed the honour of , but she would see his way soon enough . |
| 9 | In 1874 Beecher 's career received a setback of sorts when a newspaper editor with whom he had worked sued him for alienating his wife 's affections . |
| 10 | And his smile made Shelley blush again , although this time she was n't as angry as last time with him for kissing her . |
| 11 | Nobody could have blamed him for trying it on , could they ? |
| 12 | He just reads their mail without them knowing it and the thing that would really appeal to him is that the companies he sets his sights on are actually paying him for delivering it ! ’ |
| 13 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 14 | The water sprays off him that his mother 's screaming at him for soaking us all . |
| 15 | Imagine , she 'd thanked him for telling her Rob was missing ! |
| 16 | I am grateful to him for drawing my attention to that . |
| 17 | Forgive him for seeing it differently . |
| 18 | Now , I 'm a pro footballer , I 'm grateful to him for pushing me so hard . ’ |
| 19 | They were concerned least the Shah should think that they were rebuking him for comparing him unfavourably with them of steel . |
| 20 | President Fernando Collor de Mello , 43 , was stripped of power on Sept. 29 when the Chamber of Deputies , the lower house of the Congress , voted by 434 votes to 34 to impeach him for abusing his authority . |
| 21 | She ignored Francis 's frankly suggestive eyebrows — damn him for knowing her ! |
| 22 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 23 | A number of other ways were open to him for recovering what was owed him . |
| 24 | And if the government had provided it for his use , why was it now prosecuting him for using it ? |
| 25 | The chief minister of Maharashtra recently had to resign when a court indicted him for using his powers to speed up cement deliveries to people who gave money to his private foundation . |
| 26 | My father read only cowboy books , dogeared and disposable , until my mother jeered at him for wasting his time . |
| 27 | After the first shock of her father 's death , Emily had felt a searing anger against him , furious with him for leaving her to face her misfortune alone . |
| 28 | However , now he knew she was angry with him for leaving her for so long . |
| 29 | Shannon knew she should be grateful to him for leaving his warm bed to rescue her from what could have been a perilous situation , but , clasped in his arms like this , she felt both rebellious and faintly ridiculous . |
| 30 | ‘ How can you forgive him for leaving you ? ’ asked Meredith bluntly . |