Example sentences of "[vb past] him for a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It lifted him for a moment before it threw him down , so that for a second he saw what he wanted : that the sea had already overrun the beach and the rocks and the shingle and was advancing like a black wall rimmed with white over the slipways and grasslands of Orphir . |
| 2 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 3 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |
| 4 | She only fought him for a moment or two . |
| 5 | Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him . |
| 6 | Roland took him for a caricature and bristled vestigially with class irritation . |
| 7 | She sat and rocked him for a while until he felt all right again and then went upstairs and dressed herself in a low-backed , jade green jumpsuit and gold pumps and gold hoop ear-rings , and felt exotic . |
| 8 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |