Example sentences of "he [verb] her [noun sg] for [art] " in BNC.

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1 He saw her as he called her name for the third time .
2 He watched her fumble for an intentionally long time in her handbag for the means of lighting the Turkish cigarette she held aloft in her left hand , only a foot or so away from Mark 's head .
3 Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock .
4 He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go .
5 He held her gaze for a couple of seconds , then dropped his own .
6 He held her gaze for a moment in an optical half-nelson .
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