Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] him for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
2 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
3 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
4 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
5 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
6 | He practically had me signed up for the European Monetary System when all I wanted was to touch him for a gold moidore . |