Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] him for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence . |
| 2 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle . |
| 5 | 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 . |