Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] and [verb] he for " in BNC.
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1 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
2 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
3 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
4 | Yesterday , two Norfolk men who kidnapped a prime suspect and took him for a ride were sent to prison for five years and apparently the suspect did not even get a police caution . |
5 | Suddenly , one of his recordings sounds just like one of his stupendous live performances and shows him for what he really is : one of the all-time great conductors . |
6 | But once the fighting begins , with Falstaff in shameless prose ( the soliloquy describing how he has led his ‘ ragamuffins where they are pepper 'd ’ ) , Hal enters in the heroic medium and rebukes him for his idleness ( the cowardice he ca n't see , as we can ) : ‘ What , standst thou idle here ? |
7 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
8 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
9 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |