Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 2 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
| 3 | He fought it for a second , then gave in . |
| 4 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 5 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 6 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 7 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 8 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 11 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 12 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 13 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |
| 14 | But he dismissed them for the time being , having more important matters to be dealt with . |
| 15 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 16 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 17 | Hearing on the grapevine that Island Records ' in-house Fallout Shelter studios were in need of a trainee engineer , he pestered them for an interview that afternoon and began work the next day . |
| 18 | Then he ignored her for the rest of the evening . |
| 19 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 20 | He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed . |
| 21 | He studied her for a moment . |
| 22 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
| 23 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
| 24 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
| 25 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |
| 26 | He studied it for a while , whistled and rang Fulham . |
| 27 | ‘ He blames him for the press not being here , ’ Celia said . |
| 28 | Instead , he renewed it for a year ; by June 3rd he has to decide whether to do so again . |
| 29 | He scrutinised her for a moment . |
| 30 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |