Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] him for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 2 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 3 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 4 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 5 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 6 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 7 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 8 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 9 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 10 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 11 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 12 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 13 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 14 | Instead Barclays asked him for an extra £15 commission on his traveller 's cheques . |
| 15 | The recorder Nicholas Jarman jailed him for a further 3 and a half years for what he described as a terrible act with the most appalling consequences . |
| 16 | His guardian uncles intended him for an academic career , and his brother Christopher , presumably of similar intelligence and attainment , later became Master of Trinity . |