Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 2 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 6 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 7 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 8 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 9 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 10 | I killed him for no more reason than I wanted to do it . |
| 11 | ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’ |
| 12 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 13 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 16 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 17 | For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply . |
| 18 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 19 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 20 | In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor . |
| 21 | That is why I took him for an agent . |
| 22 | I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response . |
| 23 | So erm , anyway I went back in to him , I kept going up and down , I left him for a while , but he does n't normally cry like that |
| 24 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 25 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 26 | I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal . |
| 27 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |
| 28 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 29 | The court which sentences him for the latest offence will have to decide whether to return him to prison to serve a period equal to the balance of the sentence which remained on the day the offence was committed . |
| 30 | Pilot Stephen Grey was unhurt apart from a minor neck injury which hospitalised him for a short period . |