Example sentences of "he was [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh Simon ! ’ he said , looking at my face as if he was trying to memorize it for some exam . |
| 2 | ‘ The salesman was there four hours , he knew what he was doing , what the job involved and how much he was offering to do it for . ’ |
| 3 | He was going to lose her for good and was powerless to stop the inexorable wheel of Fortune from taking her from him . |
| 4 | Perhaps he was going to touch me for the air fare home . |
| 5 | Once when a policeman announced he was going to arrest him for being drunk and disorderly , Minton pointed to his helmet and expostulated , ‘ What ! |