Example sentences of "[v-ing] him for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Oh , that 's you , Fiver , is it ? " said Bigwig , noticing him for the first time . |
| 2 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | He pounced on the Scottish selectors for not picking him for the 4 × 100 metres relay team for Edinburgh and , so it said in one of the tabloids , he was now ready to meet Linford Christie . |
| 6 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
| 7 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
| 8 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
| 9 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 10 | After meeting him for the first time , Vincent thought that he must be wealthy . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She glanced up at him , feeling oddly shy , almost as though she were meeting him for the first time with no doubts , no mistrust , between them . |
| 13 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
| 14 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 15 | A Jewish chronicler attributed the success of the expedition entirely to the youthful Ensign , calling him for the first time ‘ Cidi ’ , the equivalent of Mio Cid ‘ my lord ’ . |
| 16 | And the Reds boss has delivered a surprise vote-of-confidence in his £2.2m signing from Derby even tipping him for a return to the England side . |
| 17 | ‘ Honour , ’ repeated Kit , a smile dancing mischievously in the corner of his lips , giving him for a moment the look of a sprite , a red-gold Puck no stranger to mischief . |
| 18 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
| 19 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
| 20 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
| 21 | They played , slowly at first , then faster , Tuan Ti Fo giving nothing to the boy , punishing him for every mistake he made . |
| 22 | ‘ Having him for a brother-in-law must have been embarrassing at times . ’ |
| 23 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 26 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 27 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |
| 28 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Then he observed in a flat tone , ‘ What a tragedy , in that case , that you wo n't be seeing him for a while . ’ |