Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [verb] he for " in BNC.
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1 | He seemed as happy as Larry trailing round the greasy dustbins of Bristol till nuclear war broke out or the police nabbed him for pilfering a used Tesco bag . |
2 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
3 | People were very angry when Admiral Byng failed to attack the French at Minorca , and the decision to execute him for cowardice was exactly what the public wanted . |
4 | He is a central defender I think and the Blades bought him for 350,000 from Palace . |
5 | ‘ But the robbers killed him for nothing . |
6 | He was surprised when the girl asked him for threepence . |