Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv prt] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You invited him in for a glass of sherry to ask him if you could borrow his bicycle , and I came too . ’ |
| 2 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 3 | So er I went down the Red Lion in Willenhall and fixed him up for a night 's dosh , did n't I , and the driver and then er I worked on , worked on and on and was able to get these er done for him to take back to fit this ship . |
| 4 | Let it carry him along for a bit longer . |
| 5 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 6 | Let him out for a roar round . |
| 7 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 8 | Iain had invited him over for a meal . |
| 9 | Granville Again was out of form with a few niggling problems , so after talking to Michael I decided to let him down for a break then bring him back to his peak for one day — this day . ’ |
| 10 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 11 | That would set him up for a world title shot at the end of this year in Belfast . |
| 12 | As this happened two weeks before Christmas , Sinitta hopes someone scooped him up for a Christmas gift . |
| 13 | When she came back from changing , her haircut was a boy 's , except that it had new-born-looking curls at the nape of her neck , which knocked him out for a bit . |
| 14 | Chapman became a target man in more ways than one as the Germans singled him out for a buffeting that went unpunished by Swedish referee Rune Larsson . |
| 15 | " I think it would be safer to keep him in for a bit longer . " |
| 16 | If Daddy was home , she 'd invite him in for a coffee and a clean-up . |
| 17 | Iago rose to take his leave , but the prince called him back for a moment . |
| 18 | Woody Allen passed him over for a musical . |
| 19 | I asked him in for a break . |
| 20 | Instead , I suggested Jeanne and John tire Moby with a few chase and throw-fetch games in the garden before taking him out for a walk on an extendable lead . |
| 21 | So they kept him in for a cat instead , but Jessie wanted a , then Jessie , she could 've just love a fluffy white , so . |
| 22 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 23 | Fallon still had a bit of work to do , even then , but he had already bumped off Perrins and Hannaford with one uncompromising run and this time his strength buried the rest of the Gloucester defence and took him over for a try in the corner . |
| 24 | But at the same time I realise it means they 're basically trying to control my music which I did n't expect ’ As for taking him seriously , American composer Philip Glass offered to do a 12-inch remix of Hey Music Lover after Moore took him out for a night in the clubs . |
| 25 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 26 | His confinement was not over-rigorous , as ‘ the worthy jailer Smith ’ took him out for a walk while he was there ; and by 30th August he was back at home in Ambleside , having found Anne and the children as well as he could expect . |
| 27 | I took him out for a walk and he went straight into a lamp post , ’ said Ray , of Clarence Chare , Newton Aycliffe . |
| 28 | Maybe it would shut him up for a while . |
| 29 | They brought Sam here , Put him up for a year . |
| 30 | A left-hook hurt Ekubia in the sixth round , and then another put him down for a count of nine . |