Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] him for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 2 | One of them rounded on him , grabbed him by the arm , but only asked him for his name and address . ’ |
| 3 | She 's taking advantage of him , she only wants him for his money . |
| 4 | Coleen , however , although she loved Mr Cubbage , wanted time to think things over and would gently scold him for his haste . |
| 5 | Alexia and Cameron III gently chided him for his whistling habit , and he developed an aversion to his own work . |
| 6 | Has he any idea , she was wondering , that that woman is only marrying him for his money ? |
| 7 | ‘ Peter means well and people always forgive him for his little failures . |
| 8 | I always admired him for his tenacity of purpose and dedication — and envied his super brain-power . |
| 9 | Sir John died in Tooting 5 June 1670 and was buried in the old church ; his will shows a debt due from the tsar and an amount still owed him for his allowance as ambassador . |
| 10 | That period of his life also freed him for his experiments in other kinds of theatre which , although he never reverted to them after taking on his Stuttgart responsibilities , enriched his subsequent work . |
| 11 | This pupil went on to criticize him for his lack of ‘ fairness ’ . |
| 12 | His talents and character perfectly qualified him for his role and his motives expressed ‘ an awful sense of his duty as a Christian ’ . |
| 13 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 14 | My initial reaction was to write back thanking him for his time etc and making a few followup points , but Ive come round to the idea a personal meeting might be nice : - ) ) |
| 15 | Though he attempted a detailed rebuttal , chapter by chapter , Milton himself had to admit that ‘ Some men have by policy accomplished after death that revenge upon their enemies which in life they were not able ’ , and that ‘ they who before hated him for his high government , nay fought against him with displayed banners in the field , now applaud him for the wisest and most religious prince that lived ’ . |
| 16 | And I had not even asked him for his name ! |
| 17 | Gosse 's friends invariably forgave him for his wayward humour . |
| 18 | A year before his death , Charles had written to Lord Mountbatten , once again thanking him for his help . |
| 19 | Dimas had reportedly clashed with the Prime Minister 's wife , Marika Mitsotakis , who had publicly reprimanded him for his behaviour towards Greek industrialists accompanying the official party . |
| 20 | He also commissions M. Bijou de Millecolonnes , who despises the ancients , and whose ‘ lightness , gaiety , and originality ’ are the antipodes of the ‘ solidity , solemnity and correctness ’ of Sir Carte Blanche , to build in a ‘ wild sequestered spot ’ in Regent 's Park a pavilion reminiscent of Nash 's at Brighton , which gives rise to a rumour ‘ that the Zoological Society intended to keep a Bengal tiger au naturel , and that they were contriving a residence which would amply compensate him for his native jungle ’ . |
| 21 | Battuta put up with all this for he had reason to believe that the Sultan would amply reward him for his efforts . |
| 22 | She stood by him , she never reproached him for his failings , and at times he felt even worse because she was so forbearing . |