Example sentences of "he had [verb] [to-vb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had threatened to do it for some time , but only Hank had taken him seriously and tried to dissuade him . |
| 2 | He bristled , suddenly angered that she could think this of him , after all he had done to purify himself for her . |
| 3 | I did n't know it at the time , but he had come to prepare us for the move to England . |
| 4 | He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded . |
| 5 | Mungo had never seen him so cheerful , even though he had failed to buy anything for himself . |