Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The argument is familiar — Lord Gordon-Walker said he had heard it for forty years — but , even more , it is a political argument .
2 He had treated her for several months using her husband as an interpreter — as though her husband were an objective witness to her depression .
3 He was devoted to the Prince , but he had served him for ten years and his wife had scarcely seen him .
4 Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution .
5 Of course it was not certain either that Zoser had done it or that , if he had done it , he had done it for sectarian reasons .
6 He had taken me for some kind of refugee from the Napoleonic Wars !
7 Before he had become involved with Sien he had used her for some time as a model .
8 But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months .
9 Less than a month before the Gold Cup he had produced what for many experts was his best performance ever when bouncing around Kempton Park to win the Racing Post Chase under top weight .
10 He had bought it for thirty pounds , enclosed it with a honey-coloured Cotswold stone wall , and planted a small but fine orchard , now at the height of its production .
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