Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 2 | but yesterday morn he was , yesterday morning he started crying did n't he , I did n't leave him for any length of time |
| 3 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 4 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 5 | I did n't see him for several days . |
| 6 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 7 | I had n't seen him for seven years , though I 'd heard about him now and then — he had graduated through minor journalism to publishing , and was now ( I learned by well-placed casual questions ) a leading light in a go-ahead new publishing house specializing in novels by Angry Young Men . |
| 8 | It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up . |
| 9 | I had n't seen him for two months , more than two months . |
| 10 | I knew him , back in student days but I had n't seen him for ten years . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't seen him for six years anyway . |
| 12 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 13 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 14 | " I think you 'd better leave him for now , " interrupted Mr Jenks , walking down the corridor , " I 'll deal with him later . " |
| 15 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 16 | This man would blow up a city without five seconds ' compunction — and she did not criticise him for that — but he would insist on good whisky , eat in good restaurants , like to travel first-class . |
| 17 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 18 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 19 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 20 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 21 | It was better , he decided , that she did n't recognise him for now , disguised as he was . |
| 22 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |
| 23 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 24 | They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward . |
| 25 | She had n't seen him for some years , of course , but she was sure that it was n't like him to be so edgy … so extraordinarily tense and restless . |
| 26 | She had n't seen him for almost five years and yet — less than twenty-four hours later — she 'd been not only happily returning his kisses , but also moaning with pleasure at the feel of his hands on her body . |
| 27 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 28 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 29 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 30 | She had not seen him for a month . |