Example sentences of "and [verb] he for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 2 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 3 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 4 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 5 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 6 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 7 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 8 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 9 | Peter Nieswand used to go and interview him for the BBC , sitting as I did beside his swimming pool , looking across the lawn on to six miles of fine farm-land . |