Example sentences of "him and [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Hugh Paddick remembers : ‘ People then came up to him and asked for his autograph . |
| 2 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 3 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 4 | The bullying got worse and worse until eventually one day the leader of the gang came to him and apologised for being so mean ! |
| 5 | The Dean , who thought he knew what was wrong with the Bishop , who pitied him and prayed for him daily as a man of his own kind , had absolutely no intention of enlightening Wheeler . |
| 6 | I chose as my subject the person of the Buddha , tried to relate his teaching to Christians , expressed my deep admiration for him and pleaded for a more tolerant and positive attitude towards the religion which he had founded . |