Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] him for " in BNC.

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1 I 'll never forgive him for involving Silvia in all this .
2 quite like , yeah , I 'll never forgive him for that , he 's now our troop 's sergeant , he 's got a transfer to the other squadron one of these troops , to er , to a troop .
3 I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days .
4 I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him .
5 But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door .
6 and my heart went some where else and I think erm , the , the marriage erm , the love in my marriage was definitely killed by an act which my partner did and I would fall into the crimes of passion I think because I mean to , to me he committed the deadly sin of all and that was adultery and I could never forgive him for that and I think that picks up on a lot , many issues which have been raised tonight about you have to have trust in a partnership , you have to give and take and people change and some people can accept all that but I was not willing to do so .
7 I 'm recording this , well like I 'm only lying No , yeah , I know you must be so gutted after that you going oh I would n't dump him for anyone oh well , now you can go out Oh my god there 's Paul .
8 He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment .
9 I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train .
10 I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’
11 I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst .
12 ‘ Lee 's not like any other player and I would n't swap him for anyone .
13 But he has held his hands up and I would n't swap him for anyone . ’
14 I would not lose him for every noble we 'll get for him .
15 Looking at it , I ca n't blame him for that .
16 I will never forgive him for letting her down .
17 He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food .
18 Holding that the defence was not available the court in effect classified the defendant 's belief that the arrest was unlawful as a mistake of law , which could not avail him for these purposes .
19 He also commissions M. Bijou de Millecolonnes , who despises the ancients , and whose ‘ lightness , gaiety , and originality ’ are the antipodes of the ‘ solidity , solemnity and correctness ’ of Sir Carte Blanche , to build in a ‘ wild sequestered spot ’ in Regent 's Park a pavilion reminiscent of Nash 's at Brighton , which gives rise to a rumour ‘ that the Zoological Society intended to keep a Bengal tiger au naturel , and that they were contriving a residence which would amply compensate him for his native jungle ’ .
20 But it was a costly touchdown , which will also sideline him for Wales ' match against France at Perpignan in two weeks .
21 His hatred since was channelled towards Beth , and , in all truth , she could not blame him for it .
22 She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma …
23 Of Ben Jones there was no sign and Hari sighed , she could hardly blame him for not waiting , she had been in the theatre for over an hour .
24 Dick Crossman had been kept out of office or the expectation of it by both Attlee , who could not forgive him for resisting Bevin 's policy towards Palestine , and his successor .
25 You could n't blame him for losing his cool . ’
26 ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals .
27 And you ca n't blame him for being frightened .
28 Yes that 's right er I er believe in fact I know because the Duke says so in the Racing Post today the reason he 's gone there is to get Adrian Maguire because Adrian has ridden him already in Ireland and the owner wanting to stick with Maguire which you ca n't blame him for
29 She would never forgive him for that !
30 He would come several times in a week and then you would n't see him for ages . ’
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