Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] he for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I send it to the individual 's home and I include a personal note from me thanking him for his achievement . |
| 2 | Would you like me to find him for you ? |
| 3 | I asked him for one yesterday and he said he never had one . |
| 4 | When I asked him for his reaction , he sat hunched behind a table in his little palace , his head hanging down , his half-moon spectacles on the end of his nose . |
| 5 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 6 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 7 | I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . |
| 8 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 9 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 10 | But when I asked him for permission he just agreed . |
| 11 | I mean he for him to see it walking along the road if there was anything . |
| 12 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 13 | and I snogged him for it . |
| 14 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 15 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 16 | No , it was a farmer 's , and erm he did n't want to sell it , but I pursued him for nearly a year , and in the end he said that I could erm buy it and erm that 's when the project began . |
| 17 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 18 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 19 | Later she said : ‘ I think I ate him for breakfast . |
| 20 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 21 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 22 | My anxiety had returned , and I hated him for being so happy . |
| 23 | I hated him for that . |
| 24 | I admired him for his decision then , I admired him for not thinking being world champion was worth the risk , and I admire him still for maintaining a moral stance . |
| 25 | I admired him for his decision then , I admired him for not thinking being world champion was worth the risk , and I admire him still for maintaining a moral stance . |
| 26 | ‘ I admired him for so many years and was very proud to count myself among his close friends . |
| 27 | I applaud him for being able to marry self-interest with the needs of others . |
| 28 | The other one , the other one that I find interesting is I hope Mr will take his comments back to John , because John 's quite happy , I applaud him for once , it 's about the only thing I do applaud John for , erm , but John 's quite happy to turn round to Norway and say forget your centuries old traditions of killing whales . |
| 29 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 30 | I pressed him for his view and he eventually gave it : ‘ All very true and orthodox , Charlie , but completely lacking in power . ’ |