Example sentences of "i [verb] him for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 2 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 5 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 6 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | In the next throne along lounged an elegant young man — summer business suit , Cal tan , thick , unlayered rug : I took him for an actor . |
| 10 | That is why I took him for an agent . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | If I enter him for the race will you wager ten pounds for me ? ’ |
| 13 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |
| 14 | Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes . |