Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [verb] he for " in BNC.
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1 | No wonder Mr MacGregor produced his paper and called for full public discussion just as political pundits were tipping him for promotion in a ministerial reshuffle . |
2 | The important thing in this case was to reward him for being good rather than punish him for being naughty — if you scold or hit a young horse for not standing still you will only make matters worse . |
3 | A further £375 was allowed him for assistants , and £52 for a Caretaker , heating , cleaning , coal , and coke " . |
4 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
5 | Wordsworth received a ‘ good grounding ’ in the classics , but the object of the intensive mathematical training was to prepare him for success at Cambridge University . |
6 | He hated other people 's leaving him for bed , and when he saw a hard mood ahead he often took a sleeping pill at supper to stop himself from being clamorous , though at the same time he found his terror about the end of a day daft in a creature who was surely intended by build to signify immortal fun . |
7 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |