Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] him [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let him cry for a bit and then went over to him and squatted down beside him and put my hand over his shoulders . |
| 2 | But he had an appointment with a delegate of the Slaters union at the Freemasons lodge in the Imperial , but I persuaded him to come for a drink . |
| 3 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 4 | Twice she asked him to stay for a cup of tea , but he refused . |
| 5 | Evelyn shuddered as she watched him crouch for a second , then spring up and take off jauntily like a half mangled insect . |
| 6 | She felt a warm sense of power as she kept him dangling for a moment . |
| 7 | Naylor Massingham demanded , growing more furious , she realised , the longer she kept him waiting for an answer . |