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 .
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