Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 2 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 3 | After coaxing him for 20 minutes , one officer grabbed the man — only to discover he had been bleeding heavily from deep cuts to his wrist and arms . |
| 4 | I thought it was for more than we are after selling him for . |
| 5 | ( And four Los Angeles policemen beating a black man 56 times after stopping him for speeding does not count as better law enforcement . ) |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't dare accuse me of wanting him for his money again ! ’ she shouted , suddenly losing control . |
| 7 | They wanted to emulate him , and do what he was doing , and enjoy his privileges , and they kind of admired him for what he was having and they wanted . |
| 8 | She therefore proposed that my father should pretend to fall in love with her difficult and very homesick Italian friend so that it would be clear to her parents that there was no hope of getting him for Fiona . ’ |
| 9 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 10 | He accused her of blaming him for his failure to return with Oreste when , if anyone was to blame other than her sister Ellen , it was she herself . |
| 11 | In an exchange of views in the weekly popular magazine Ogonek in November and December Kharchev accused officials from the CPSU and the State Security Committee ( Komitet Gosudarstvennoi Bezopasnosti--KGB ) and Orthodox Church leaders of punishing him for his liberal stance on Soviet religious observance , and particularly on the status of the Uniate Church [ see below ] . |
| 12 | If he played at West Brom there would always be the risk of losing him for three or four matches . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 14 | Lisa felt like slapping him for his sarcasm and his arrogance . |
| 15 | Talking to him is always like meeting him for the first time — he never comes out with the same old stuff and you can look forward to an interesting conversation . |
| 16 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 17 | Greeting Coleman like an old friend , although they had met only once before , Hurley said Sasser had told him about Condor Television and its plans for covering events in Lebanon , and how about joining him for lunch ? |
| 18 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 19 | The union acted wrongfully in dismissing him for insisting on his legal rights . |
| 20 | I felt like Plain Jane , and Dustin felt they had made a mistake in choosing him for the film in the first place . |
| 21 | She said summat about taking him for a picnic . |
| 22 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 23 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 24 | Next , surely , he must have thought he was up against a demon intent on destroying him for no reason at all . |
| 25 | He could have felt superior and thought them all fools for pitying him for getting what he wanted . |
| 26 | He also spoke about beating him for alleged sins . |
| 27 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 28 | Challenging the expert by suing him for negligence , where it is the expert , rather than the decision which is being challenged , is dealt with in Chapter 14 . |
| 29 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 30 | They applied the well established ploy of neutralising the troublemaker by proposing him for the position of chairman , where he is obliged above all to be impartial . |