Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pron] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
2 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
3 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
4 | ‘ He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said . |
5 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
6 | He takes them for a walk on Hampstead Heath . |
7 | Charlie , is on his last legs , has been for years and , might as well have him put down , as that Nick keep saying , I think I 'll have to have him put down he , when he takes him for a walk he collapses . |
8 | Or , like he , if the little girl 's riding him , he always goes with her then as well , but even if the girl 's not on him , he takes him for a walk like a big dog so I mean , they 're lovely people , you could n't wish to have him with nicer people , erm , you know they are , they really are nice |
9 | He takes it for a walk — such walks have long been a ritual activity of the country 's more optimistic male poor , the dog more expensively jacketed than the chap . |
10 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
11 | Today , in Court 13 , he saves it for the end of his opening . |
12 | 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 |
13 | And he does his for a tenner . |
14 | When he leaves her for the Gipsy and she dances . |