Example sentences of "[vb base] him [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He declines and asks whether I want him to wait for me . |
| 2 | I want him to shoot for every flag . |
| 3 | I might say ‘ Yes he s good and I want him to play for Leeds ’ . |
| 4 | Expect him to pay for all our needs , solve all our little problems — ’ |
| 5 | ‘ No , let him sleep for now . |
| 6 | So let him talk for himself if he had anything to say . |
| 7 | Come on , let him go for goodness sake . |
| 8 | But it was I mean you have to admit erm and I 'm I 'll bring Mr Power in and let him speak for himself , but you have to admit that it from what we 've just heard , it started in nineteen seventy four , it 's been going on a long time . |
| 9 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 10 | I let him cry for a bit and then went over to him and squatted down beside him and put my hand over his shoulders . |
| 11 | Some twenty years later the District Judge at Kagalla found similar attitudes : ‘ It is a common occurrence for persons to see an animal being driven away under very suspicious circumstances , and yet , although perhaps living within a stone 's throw of the owner , they take no trouble to go and tell him what they have seen , and probably say nothing about it until they meet him looking for his stolen animal , three or four days afterward ; of course then the recovery is hopeless ! ’ |
| 12 | He 'll either have to off the lad or get him to work for him . |
| 13 | ‘ It sounds reasonable , tell him to arrange for his solicitor to be here in the morning . ’ |
| 14 | But if you hear him speak for five minutes you think no more of them . |
| 15 | So we find him circling for months around the insoluble problem of Kee , exulting and then despairing , then exulting again . |
| 16 | Having completed the steeplechase , I let the horse canter along for about half a kilometre , then I allow him to walk for nearly a whole kilometre , bearing in mind , you will most likely have to ‘ make up time ’ later on . |
| 17 | I had one job to do first thing in the morning — to ring Sir Geoffrey Gillington and ask him to arrange for the manager of the Upper Thames Street branch of the bank to receive Miss Macdonald when she called , and to keep her letter for me . |
| 18 | Some ask him to pose for pictures , others kid him about retiring . |
| 19 | That was part of their game , of course ; leave him to search for the way to escape , but alone . |
| 20 | If your mother dies and your father needs your help , you should see that he returns her pension book together with the free death certificate ( Form BD8 ) to the local Social Security Office and assist him to apply for the death grant . |
| 21 | Now I see him scramble for the fallen gun . |
| 22 | Thanks also for opting for Portsmouth , I hope we never see him playing for the opposition in a ‘ real ’ match as it might spoil memories … bit like Shez and the Frog … |
| 23 | The interviewer should collect the interviewee , not have him sent for from the waiting room . |
| 24 | So long as he 's our man , it does n't matter whether we have him shot for the murder of Daniel or this other fellow . |
| 25 | I think that er probably from what I hear , is the readier of the two er for a severer test , I think still somewhere short of full match fitness certainly , but er I know that er Mick can scarcely wait to get a hundred per cent , and have him bidding for contention . |