Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] him [verb] for the " in BNC.

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1 Isay helped him dress for the banquet that evening , showing no resentment at having to double as valet as well as bodyguard .
2 Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage .
3 Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair .
4 Colossal close-outs kept him sprinting for the horizon .
5 The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers .
6 As Julie saw him reach for the doorbell a third time she opened the door and eased it back to the extent of the chain .
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