Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] him for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth . |
| 2 | In 1973 a Mossad hit squad went to Norway and murdered an innocent Moroccan mistaking him for an alleged Arab terrorist . |
| 3 | A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him . |
| 4 | Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president . |
| 5 | When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ . |
| 6 | If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours . |
| 7 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |