Example sentences of "[vb past] him for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His seat is secure but he is also seeing the man who defeated him for the party leadership on the way to another victory for the Tories . |
| 2 | Stoughton was even a friend of Matthew Arnold , who proposed him for the Athenaeum . |
| 3 | And Sinatra punished him for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 5 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 6 | Her eyes beseeched him for the truth . |
| 7 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 8 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 9 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 10 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 11 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
| 12 | Middlesex , who fined him around £750 for a foul-mouthed outburst earlier in the season , immediately dropped him for the game against Hampshire . |
| 13 | ‘ You dropped him for the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 14 | Two of his greatest performances came in 1979 , with 5 for 38 in the World Cup final and 6 for 29 in the Gillette final for Somerset , although both times Richards pipped him for the match award . |
| 15 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
| 16 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 17 | Sometimes he would be able to hire a premium artist , one who paid him for the privilege of playing . |
| 18 | He might be the key to her freedom , but she still hated him for the confusion he aroused in her . |
| 19 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 20 | Even Dole , who once challenged him for the Presidency , was on verge of tears . |
| 21 | Manager Arthur Rowe signed him for the Palace , but it was under Dick Graham that Peter reached the climax of his playing career . |
| 22 | Strong , colourful midfield player or striker , Andy Gray had been with the Palace as a schoolboy during the Terry Venables era at Selhurst Park , but disappeared into non-league soccer so that it was actually from Dulwich Hamlet that Manager Steve Coppell initially signed him for The Eagles in November 1984 . |
| 23 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 24 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 25 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 27 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 28 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 29 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |
| 30 | When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new . |