Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 2 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 3 | So why had he invited her out for the day ? |
| 4 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 5 | A couple of months ago he took her out for a meal and she tried to kiss him . |
| 6 | The centre forward , whom they nicknamed Ossie , wore his sideburns long and his shorts even longer — but at least he kept them on for the duration . |
| 7 | He held it up for the others to see and then threw it at the thin man contemptuously who automatically caught it in both hands . |