Example sentences of "[pron] could [not/n't] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could n't tell him for sure , but he 's been taking Vulcan out most days . |
| 2 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 3 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | His hatred since was channelled towards Beth , and , in all truth , she could not blame him for it . |
| 6 | 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 … |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You could n't blame him for losing his cool . ’ |
| 9 | I wanted Keith and we could n't get him for anything less . ’ |