Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] he [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 The colonial experience gave him material for his propositions about colonial nationalism , the subject which he quickly made his own .
2 Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation .
3 She gave him that chill , remote look which she now knew infuriated him , and felt a fierce satisfaction to see him struggle for self-control .
4 President JoaquĆ­n Balaguer Ricardo , 84 , declared on Feb. 27 that the Social Christian Reformist Party ( PRSC ) , which he had formed in 1964 , should elect a new leader to allow him time for other commitments .
5 Jackie is , I suspect , a far more complex personality than most people give him credit for .
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