Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to listen to American Football on the American Forces Network and was so enthused with it that he wrote to the American Embassy , who invited him to visit them for the day . |
| 2 | True , the £1,000 belongs to the husband at law — there is no denying it ; but Equity will compel him to apply it for the wife 's benefit . |
| 3 | I found him cursing her for the border . |
| 4 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 5 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 6 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 7 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 8 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 9 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
| 10 | ‘ He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said . |
| 11 | He blamed her for the death of his sister . |
| 12 | So when he called you for the Comeback Special , was that something you did happily ? |
| 13 | He jailed them for the weekend , the judge . |
| 14 | He watched me for the effect of this slang . |
| 15 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
| 16 | She said well he took it for the glass . |
| 17 | The cold was within his heart now , and he knew it for the heartcold of the truly bereft . |
| 18 | At some future time might he blame her for the loss of his dream ? |
| 19 | ‘ I expect he did it for the insurance , ’ Dangerfield said . |
| 20 | And sis he do it for the whole of the island or just the was did the sort of parish have their own chap ? |
| 21 | Today , in Court 13 , he saves it for the end of his opening . |
| 22 | Steve Astington says he was a rock climber and then moved over to marathons … this is his thirteenth … you have to put a lot of training in … he does them for the enjoyment it takes him away from life and all the stresses |
| 23 | Jack found a piece of driftwood , its gnarled form worn totally smooth by the action of the waves , and they decided it would look wonderful in his barn hung on the brickwork chimney-breast , so he carried it for the rest of the morning until they returned to their little camp at lunchtime . |
| 24 | Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . |
| 25 | When he leaves her for the Gipsy and she dances . |
| 26 | He valued it for the beauty of some of its contents , for the dignity of others , and the curiosity of all . |