Example sentences of "[to-vb] him for his [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 2 | This pupil went on to criticize him for his lack of ‘ fairness ’ . |
| 3 | I want first to say something nice about the Under-Secretary of State and , on the record , to thank him for his decision in the case of Younis Patel , who was in prison in Leicester for a number of months . |
| 4 | Brown severed the phone link as Mann continued to thank him for his release from detention . |
| 5 | Indeed , the day before he had received Karl Rahner to thank him for his work for the Council . |
| 6 | God had given his Spirit to his anointed king in order to equip him for his leadership of the people . |