Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [prep] he for a " in BNC.
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1 | Not till later was it diagnosed that the mental breakdown which destroyed Hoskyns crept upon him for a year or more before he died . |
2 | Surere looked at him for a long time . |
3 | Bert looked at him for a full half minute . |
4 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
5 | And Hector sneered at him for a coward ! |
6 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
7 | Obviously he did n't remember me , for when the College wrote to him for a reference , he replied that he had not heard of me . |
8 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
9 | Mick stared at him for a moment , then again he said , ‘ Goodbye . ’ |
10 | Alyssia gazed at him for a fraction of a second , then she took his advice and walked back to the house , when what she wanted to do was run as far away as she could from it . |
11 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
12 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
13 | Connor looked at him for a moment , then joined in the laughter . |
14 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
15 | Martin looked at him for a moment and smiled softly at him as he said , ‘ I would , laddie , but you 'd better not ; I think your mother needs you tonight . |
16 | Lindsey stared at him for a moment , then shrugged . |
17 | Jessamy stared at him for a moment , then her mouth set into a line that was almost as determined as his own . |
18 | Dexter meant it as a joke but Blanche stared at him for a moment , as if the comment was intended as a serious criticism , before she chuckled softly . |
19 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
20 | With his head to one side Len stared at him for a moment , then asked , ‘ No friends or acquaintances , like ? ’ |
21 | The woman stared at him for a moment , without expression , and then with a little smile handed the doll back to Artemis . |
22 | The woman stared at him for a few moments as she mulled over his offer . |
23 | He stared down at the whimpering person beyond the front of the cage , at the people around , at the Man staring at him for a moment , and then at Woil who had taken stance on a litter bin . |
24 | The young man looked at him for a while . |
25 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
26 | Father Poole stared at him for a long while . |
27 | Fabia stared at him for a moment longer . |
28 | Alec stared at him for a few seconds , then walked out into the heat and glare of the mid-day sun . |
29 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
30 | Charity gazed at him for a second or two . |