Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] he for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The superintendent thanked him for his help and bade him goodnight but with a distracted air as though her attention were elsewhere . |
| 2 | ‘ Certainly , Doctor , if you say so , ’ she replied sweetly , containing the urge to crown him for his patronising ignorance . |
| 3 | Then they led Linkworth to the hanging-shed to punish him for his crime . |
| 4 | The maid mocked him for his name , and so angry was the sprite that , as he left , fire irons were thrown through walls , dogs howled , doors slammed and all the household fires were extinguished forever . |
| 5 | Beaten into second place by his team-mate Rene Arnoux in the 1982 French Grand Prix , he pulled into a service station on his way home only for the attendant to mistake him for his rival . |
| 6 | ‘ But the robbers killed him for nothing . |
| 7 | The right hon. Gentleman has done a great deal during his period in the House for disabled people and everyone in the House admires him for what he has done , but he must know that there have been dramatic improvements in recent years in the scope , range and value of benefits and in the number of disabled people who receive them . |