Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company was prepared to continue using him for up to a year as a continuity announcer . |
| 2 | I would n't have missed meeting him for anything . |
| 3 | I recall thanking him for his consideration , but quite probably I said nothing very definite for my employer went on : |
| 4 | What do you keep pulling him for ? |
| 5 | If she missed his letters for a few days , she would probably stop taking him for granted . |
| 6 | Keith obviously is still continuing because s again some money was found to keep his , to keep paying him for another few months . |
| 7 | ‘ But if he is n't going to bother , I do n't think it 's fair to the other players to keep choosing him for the reserves . |
| 8 | One lady who was working in the Smithy and had recently been directed to Wolverton , kept pestering him for one , and at times was quite verbal about it . |
| 9 | The patient had first become aware of the symptoms six weeks after a hakim had started treating him for atopic eczema . |
| 10 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |
| 11 | He was afraid she might see him sticking out and start taking him for granted or make unwomanly advances . |
| 12 | Royal Scottish Chief Executive Ian Offor wrote thanking him for his prompt action and sent him a Fortnum and Mason luxury hamper as a token of appreciation . |
| 13 | She continued watching him for a moment , then stepped out into full view . |
| 14 | The girl continued shooting him for ten , maybe fifteen seconds . |
| 15 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 16 | As I stood watching him for a few seconds and looking at the damage to his farm buildings and the dead and wounded cattle around the orchard , I thought to myself . |
| 17 | Annie stood watching him for a few moments . |
| 18 | Shelley stood watching him for a while before he noticed her , and he came down to greet her . |
| 19 | She sat watching him for a moment , hoping he would look around and smile ; but he kept his back turned to her and continued to gaze abstractedly out the window . |
| 20 | Yeah , yeah it 's not compatible or summat er it 's compatible with his telly when he has n't got the Sky on and if he 's got the Sky on he 's got to mess about I sat watching him for days messing with it and then I says to him have you got it on your V U channel ? |