Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] him for [art] " in BNC.

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1 She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend .
2 Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control .
3 Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later .
4 She had not seen him for a month .
5 She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in
6 ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’
7 The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies .
8 Rauti replaced the much younger Gianfranco Fini who had narrowly defeated him for the post in December 1987 [ see p. 35989 ] .
9 The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod .
10 And it 's rather a good thing this one did look like a tramp , ’ she added , ‘ because you might not have talked to him if you had n't mistaken him for a poor old man , and he would n't have learned anything about Brownies , and we should n't be going to continue to enjoy the use of his lovely Park .
11 It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years .
12 It was when I had n't seen him for a long time and I was all wound up .
13 They passed two landings , Gordon following her with majestic tread , but faster than one might expect , since although he had lost time in hanging up his raincoat in the hall , he reached the door first , and opened it without any kind of announcement , and Edward was standing , with his back to them at first , thinner and smaller than she remembered , but then she always made the mistake when she had n't seen him for a bit — he turned round , protesting , and it was Edward .
14 They got worried when they had n't seen him for a while .
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