Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him for [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow .
2 One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening .
3 He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment .
4 I cursed him for a fool .
5 Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us .
6 ‘ Alex felt that if I selected him for the Poland game , he should play and try to help us get the result before announcing his retirement , and that was Bryan 's intention . ’
7 Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country .
8 For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply .
9 ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well .
10 In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor .
11 That is why I took him for an agent .
12 So erm , anyway I went back in to him , I kept going up and down , I left him for a while , but he does n't normally cry like that
13 If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’
14 I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much .
15 She remembers the time he was coming out of his flat in the midst of a rainstorm and was approached by a young man who asked him for the price of a meal .
16 One person whose eye he did catch was Patrick McGoohan , who recommended him for the role of cabin boy John Drake in Sir Francis Drake , a twenty-six-part adventure series made by ITC , whose boss , Lew Grade , was expert at making programmes that would sell to America ; one of them was Danger Man , starring McGoohan .
17 Taskopruzade 's grandfather , for example , studied under Molla Yegan , probably at some time alter 839/1435–6 , and it was Molla Yegan who recommended him for the post at Taskopru .
18 Stoughton was even a friend of Matthew Arnold , who proposed him for the Athenaeum .
19 His seat is secure but he is also seeing the man who defeated him for the party leadership on the way to another victory for the Tories .
20 She blames him for the break-up of the coterie .
21 ‘ He feels as if you played him for a fool .
22 Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert .
23 Sometimes he would be able to hire a premium artist , one who paid him for the privilege of playing .
24 ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee .
25 Bond received threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ from Burnley fans , who blamed him for the club 's decline after his season in charge eight years ago .
26 Carolyn knew that he was angry with her , for some reason which she could n't fathom , and that the more she pressed him for an explanation the more he clammed up over it .
27 She watched him for a while , feeling superfluous .
28 She watched him for a moment .
29 She watched him for a moment , wishing she did n't feel so defensive every time he broached the subject of Arnie .
30 Who selected him for the job , General ? ’
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