Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him for the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
2 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
3 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
4 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
5 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
6 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
7 | I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal . |
8 | ‘ You dropped him for the Prime Minister . ’ |
9 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
10 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
11 | You saw him for the last time in 1959 . |
12 | Jekub can be a bit scary when you see him for the first time . ’ |
13 | ‘ We have him for the last five games of the League run-in . |
14 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
15 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |