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

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1 Sixteen million viewers thanked him for it , very soon dangerously hooked on the bronzed domestic shenanigans of Ramsay Street 's self-pollinating families .
2 The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back , and the Irishman and his rough friends would have one more excuse to belittle him for their own amusement .
3 A pale blue light puzzled him for a moment , until he realised that it was the Calor gas stove in the galley .
4 Like Andre Gide , who when young expected people to admire him for the books he would write in the future , Charlie came to love being appreciated in several high streets for his potential .
5 She could act the loving spouse as well as fitzAlan , she decided , succumbing to a rare mischievous impulse to repay him for his earlier comments .
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