Example sentences of "[vb infin] him for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 2 | John Smith realised an angling ambition when he boated a fine 39lb tope which will qualify him for membership of the Tope Angling Club . |
| 3 | Unfortunately it never really delivered on the tantalising opening mention of Lee 's behind-the-scenes ‘ control ’ of black culture in NY and the unwillingness of critics to publicly diss him for fear of being shut out of the game . |
| 4 | He had nothing to give Merymose to take to Kenamun , and the priest-administrator would not thank him for information which cast suspicion on two of the most powerful men in the country . |
| 5 | If that 's his case then I 'll take him for breach of contract . |
| 6 | Clifford replied that he would be delighted , he was a great admirer of hers , and would she join him for lunch when she came . |
| 7 | Christ could not blame him for drinking . |
| 8 | ‘ if a magistrates ' court inquiring into an offence as examining justices is of opinion , on consideration of the evidence and of any statement of the accused , that there is sufficient evidence to put the accused on trial by jury for any indictable offence , the court shall commit him for trial ; and , if it is not of that opinion , it shall … discharge him . |
| 9 | They 'll grab him for concealment of a felony or something . ’ |
| 10 | But the main thrust of Olson 's argument is unaffected , and it ca n't be set aside : this great American poet ( and Olson knows that Pound is all of that ) was a Fascist , profoundly , and no amount of talk about his affinities with Whitman will save him for democracy , nor will any attempt to treat his anti-Semitism as an unrelated pathological aberration . |
| 11 | ‘ They ca n't charge him for possession of a packet of Victory V. ’ |
| 12 | IG Metall 's members could not forgive him for gambling in a casino for capitalists . |
| 13 | He followed this with the unkindest cut of all : ‘ Or is it that he is afraid I will ask him for money ? ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps Jahsaxa would not suspect Zambia would ask him for help . |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’ |
| 16 | But Nigel did n't ask him for help . |
| 17 | Sometimes X sells goods to Y who in turn sells them to Z. Sometimes , however , Y acts as X 's agent in selling to Z. In the former case Z buys his goods from Y and if they are not delivered or are defective Z can look to his seller , Y , and if necessary can sue him for breach of his contract of sale . |
| 18 | Tell him it made your mickey fall off and you 'll sue him for loss of your wife 's affection , ’ Arty shrugged indifferently , as he drew on his dressing gown and headed for the bathroom , where there was a larger mirror . |
| 19 | So a boxer who is struck by his opponent can not sue him for battery . |
| 20 | In his own life it had always been he who was the supplicant , telephoning Diana from call boxes on his rounds in the hope of closing some nagging gap of intimacy left at breakfast , and always having to hide the agony of dread that her casualness could cause him for fear of the danger of irritating her . |
| 21 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |