Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] he for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marco has been brought up by his rather in a way designed to fit him for the future . |
| 2 | Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life . |
| 3 | The name seemed to halt him for a moment , but when his hands were again moving over her , the scream she let out crying , ‘ Mother ! |
| 4 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 5 | We decided to hire him for the day , and negotiated a price . |
| 6 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to be on his way , I would not wish to delay him for a moment . |
| 7 | We did n't attempt to touch him for a lizard can easily lose its tail at the defensive snapping point . |
| 8 | I said I may have to hurt him for a remark like that . |
| 9 | They met at Cambridge when she — ‘ a lovely young woman with dark brown hair and blue eyes ’ — went to interview him for the university newspaper . |
| 10 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 11 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 12 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 13 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 14 | Already in The Black Riders , though , he has begun to grow up and Violet Needham has begun to equip him for the role of teacher and mentor even as he is still meeting the challenge of danger with the eager opportunism of a boy . |
| 15 | Braden did n't even offer to pay him for the ticket . |