Example sentences of "i [verb] he for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
2 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
3 | I cursed him for a fool . |
4 | For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply . |
5 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
6 | So erm , anyway I went back in to him , I kept going up and down , I left him for a while , but he does n't normally cry like that |
7 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |