Example sentences of "[verb] him [adv prt] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Breaking the three-generational run of Lester Knox Colemans , his sons , Joshua and Chad , were born on 16 September 1989 , at about the same time as the DIA decided to dust him off for his next assignment .
2 It felt too much as if she was shunting him off for her own convenience , even though she knew that it was the only sane and sensible thing to do .
3 If he was incapable and vomiting and so on , you 'd take him in for his own consideration .
4 She would have liked to pay him back for his earlier tone by pretending a permanent disability .
5 Jack persuaded Ducrocq to take him up for his first real flight , from that moment Jack knew that speed on the ground was no longer enough .
6 When you take him out for his first walk on the lead , it is always nicer if an older dog accompanies you .
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