Example sentences of "[vb pp] him for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now that MPs have committed him for trial for allegedly ordering telephone-tapping and accepting bribes , he describes the three months of coalition government as ‘ a lamentable political parenthesis ’ . |
| 2 | The girl who had interviewed him for Leaders of Mankind . |
| 3 | I 've sought him for years . |
| 4 | Many footballers have matched him for decadence but few have lived out their decline quite as publicly as Slim Jim . |
| 5 | He labours scornfully for this Simon Giles , faintly comforted by a corner in Classical studies which has been granted him for reasons to do with the firm 's image . |
| 6 | It seemed that his final revelation had soothed him , prepared him for death . |
| 7 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't seen him for ages . |
| 9 | I have n't seen him for ages . |
| 10 | I have n't seen him for months . ’ |
| 11 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 12 | Not seen him for months . |
| 13 | Instead of having Matt to myself , when I have n't seen him for months and months , I have to share him with this wretched woman who ca n't get her act together ! |
| 14 | Have n't seen him for months . ’ |
| 15 | He had n't seen him for years but knew of his bass playing . |
| 16 | ‘ Have n't seen him for years . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Have n't seen him for years , ’ said Coffin regretfully . |
| 18 | We have n't seen him for years the bloody queer . |
| 19 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 20 | After the matinée , she had met him for tea , and he had held her hand , and looked soulful , and told her how innocent she was and how easy it would be to fall in love with her , but how he must n't , he could n't , because he would be leaving and it would n't be fair to her , and anyway , he had his career to think of , etc . |
| 21 | I 've got him for English . |
| 22 | I 've got him for drama . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd have sold him for £600,000 in the summer but there were no takers . |
| 24 | I 've told him for years , but I did n't want to hurt him because I loved him . |
| 25 | She had sued him for libel . |
| 26 | The paper quotes an irate lawyer , accustomed to representing women pursuing harassment claims and incensed over the double standard , as saying SCO could have terminated him for misconduct , employment agreement or no , and paid him nothing . |
| 27 | Again , this makes sense only if it is allowed that Kimon had , for several years already , had his rivals : Pericles had prosecuted him for bribery , though the charge was withdrawn . |
| 28 | Once she had seemed to know a good deal about him , but in her idle rancour of the last few weeks she had abused him for faults that seemed nothing to do with the truth of him . |
| 29 | ‘ Partly because I 've known him for years . |
| 30 | ‘ I 've known him for years . |