Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] he for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then . |
| 2 | The name seemed to halt him for a moment , but when his hands were again moving over her , the scream she let out crying , ‘ Mother ! |
| 3 | We agreed to have him for a fortnight but when the time came he refused to go , and would be with us yet if it had not been for the First World War and your father having to go … |
| 4 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 5 | They missed out on Shearer , who joined Kenny Dalglish at Ewood Park after Ferguson had tracked him for a year . |
| 6 | The first reference is a friendly one : ‘ Lord Goodman had always been very generous with his legal advice to Labour MPs , including me , and Harold Wilson had used him for a number of assignments , including an exploratory visit with Sir Max Aitken to Ian Smith in August 1968 on the possibilities of a settlement . |
| 7 | I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’ |
| 8 | I had known him for a number of years . |
| 9 | The incident with the muntjac doe had distracted him for a while but gradually the sense of exultation in his deeds of the previous evening returned and blotted everything else from his mind . |
| 10 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 11 | It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles . |
| 12 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 13 | It was very much a revenge match for White — Spijkers had beaten him for a bronze in the Seoul Olympics , though then White was injured . |
| 14 | She had lost him for a while , at the party , but she 'd already been too drunk to worry . |
| 15 | She continued watching him for a moment , then stepped out into full view . |
| 16 | The grandmother who had held him for a family photograph ; the mother Eda , the father Meir , the brothers Chaim , Avram , Aizik and Josef ; the sisters Selma and Esther . |
| 17 | Shelley stood watching him for a while before he noticed her , and he came down to greet her . |
| 18 | She sat watching him for a moment , hoping he would look around and smile ; but he kept his back turned to her and continued to gaze abstractedly out the window . |