Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] her for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also added that Moore had never asked them to forgive her for throwing their lives into grief and chaos . |
| 2 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 3 | I asked her for help — I wanted to go back to Scotland ! |
| 4 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 5 | She said : ‘ I met her for the first time this week . ’ |
| 6 | I must mention one member — Angela ( nee Feetenby ) — for her help to me has been second to none — not only do I congratulate her for that but on your behalf I want to wish her every happiness in her new life — she was married last July to Harry Bell . |
| 7 | Perhaps she thinks I hate her for giving me up . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I coach her for up to 15 hours per week , usually early in the mornings , before breakfast , and lunchtimes . |
| 9 | I invited her for tea . |
| 10 | I do n't want that to happen to my daughter so I smacked her for stealing and lying . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ That 's why I used her for so many of the taped examples for my lectures , Folly . |
| 12 | I worship her for her piety . ’ |
| 13 | Someone interviewed her for an Italian magazine — they 're doing a piece about her family , or so she says . |
| 14 | I interviewed her for a nature programme . |
| 15 | I paid her for the call , and stayed chatting for a while , answering her queries about the cottage and then telling her of my brother 's expected arrival , and the possibility that he might telephone with a message . |
| 16 | [ aside ] Sometimes I admired her for her virtue , at other times , impetuous in my temper and unused to control , I could have beat her . |
| 17 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 18 | I kissed her for the last time as she lay in her hospital bed : the bedclothes were crisp and undisturbed , and she looked very clean , just as she would have wanted to ; and very small , because she was so old , and having started life none too big had ended up , at the age of ninety-one , not much bigger than a child . |
| 19 | In a way I blamed her for it , and to start with I think I hated her . |
| 20 | I killed her for absolutely nothing . |
| 21 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 22 | Susie smiled when I thanked her for putting up with me . |
| 23 | Carrying the booty , I thanked her for her kindness in answering our questions , and helping , and George and I retreated . |
| 24 | I thanked her for her consideration and said I would . |
| 25 | As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ I thanked her for her honesty with a box of chocolates . ’ |
| 27 | I thanked her for them and the poster and then phoned George , who talked to me in monosyllables . |
| 28 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 29 | ‘ I arrested her for soliciting . ’ |
| 30 | Can I have her for a minute ? |