Example sentences of "[vb infin] him for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | " 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 . " |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 6 | It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’ |
| 7 | I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out . |
| 8 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
| 9 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Please would she meet him for a long dinner on Friday — he would expect to hear from her tomorrow or the next day . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 19 | There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! |
| 20 | Kernaghan , however , hopes Big Jack will select him for a visit to the States at the end of May . |
| 21 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant . |
| 22 | She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma … |
| 23 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 24 | Previously he had had no worry about her possible infidelity or that she might leave him for a more effective performer . |
| 25 | We 'll leave him for a minute or two , then I 'll test his reflexes . ’ |
| 26 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 27 | ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet . |
| 28 | Mm , they 'll last him for a long , long time . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’ |
| 30 | Did you ask him for a drink ? ’ |