Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] he for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 3 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 4 | I hated him for that . |
| 5 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 6 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |
| 7 | He 's been brought up strictly , he goes to synagogue — I respect him for that . |
| 8 | And I respect him for that . |
| 9 | ‘ I liked him for that . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't say I blame him for that . ’ |
| 11 | In retirement Leslie launched the Oswestry Festival of Village Choirs , which absorbed him for some years until underfunding brought it to an end . |
| 12 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 13 | Coleridge awoke , he said , retaining ‘ a distinct recollection of the whole ’ , and was eagerly committing the poem to writing when he was called out by a person on business from Porlock who detained him for more than an hour . |
| 14 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 15 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 16 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 17 | Because Boo had not been seen for so long by Maycomb , he was turned into a scapegoat by the adults who blamed him for any thing and every thing that went wrong , and the children thought of him as a terrible monster with blood dripping from his mouth who ate squirrels . |
| 18 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 19 | He was no more blind than you or I. Did n't you recognize him for that man we gave a ride to on the road ? |
| 20 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 21 | She watched him for several moments , then looked about the large dining-room , trying to fathom the reason for his actions . |
| 22 | She liked him for that . |
| 23 | He spoke bitterly of the way she left him for another man , a student , when she was 16 then humiliated him by giving intimate details of their affair to the press . |
| 24 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 25 | Why did they need him for this job ? |
| 26 | But I know they blamed him for that . |