Example sentences of "[vb infin] him for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 2 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 3 | He 'll cry long and hard , and though you can soothe him for a few minutes at a time , hours can pass without you ever really silencing the cries . |
| 4 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 5 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 6 | That 'll do him for the . |
| 7 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 8 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 9 | It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’ |
| 10 | I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out . |
| 11 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
| 12 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 13 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 14 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 15 | Gusev 's family did n't see him for the rest of the weekend . |
| 16 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 17 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 18 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 19 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 20 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |
| 21 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 22 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 23 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 24 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 25 | Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day . |
| 26 | Not until he was five years old did Endill meet him for the first time . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm almost sure he will not race again before , but we will enter him for the Hennessy Gold Cup in Ireland . ’ |
| 28 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 29 | Erm , I mean , he wrote a lot , I saw him church on Sunday and I did thank him for the letter |
| 30 | Taylor replaced him and , according to Rust , ‘ preached to the admiration and astonishment of his auditory ; and by his florid and youthful beauty … and sublime and pleasant air made his hearers take him for a young angel ’ . |