Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he for a " in BNC.

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1 The President regarded him for a moment and Trent thought that the old man might rally .
2 In September 1316 Edward retained him for a very large fee in return for the promise of his service with a commensurately large retinue ; and shortly afterwards he and Pembroke set off for the papal curia on a mission which had the repeal of the Ordinances as one of its objectives .
3 The Welshman kicked the ball away and referee Dangaard dismissed him for a second bookable offence .
4 A journalist interviewed him for a book about his family , and when The Nielsons appeared , it made no mention at all of his professional life .
5 A pale blue light puzzled him for a moment , until he realised that it was the Calor gas stove in the galley .
6 Sorrel watched him for a few seconds , then snatched it out of his hands and stuck it in her mouth .
7 So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’
8 A 16-YEAR-OLD boy who fired a catapult at a low-flying Sri Lankan air force helicopter yesterday was wounded when the copter 's gunner mistook him for a Tamil terrorist and shot back at him .
9 In 1954 the publishing firm Methuen approached him for a Christmas card , as did the National Marriage Guidance Council , the latter printing 6,700 copies of his design .
10 Wahono , general chair of Golkar ( the ruling Functional Group Centre or Golongan Karya Pusat ) , announced on Oct. 20 that President Suharto had agreed to Golkar 's plan to nominate him for a sixth five-year term as president .
11 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 ’ .
12 Anabelle watched him for a long while , but he did n't twitch a muscle .
13 GINA MORRIS joins him for a big breakfast .
14 And yesterday he called their refusal to consider him for a factory floor job ‘ pathetic and ridiculous ’ .
15 She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride .
16 Horsler 's appointment to control British Coal 's marketing strategy came amid reports that his business experience as national contracts director suited him for a negotiating role .
17 When he and Johnson got back to their inn , Boswell ‘ begged permission to leave him for a little while , that I might run about and pay some short visits to several good people of Inverness ’ .
18 While studying Tzintzuntzan , the anthropologist George Foster found that the female villagers would ask his wife to approach him for a favour ( Foster 1967 ) .
19 Grateful to be spared the unsettling power of that dark gaze , Ronni took the opportunity to study him for a moment .
20 If he is taken to court , detectives can apply for permission to question him for a further 24 hours .
21 Kevin detained him for a moment .
22 The Iggy-mimicking singer , having removed his trousers , is prancing around in red underpants as Beast joins him for a rap style duet .
23 Jack watched him for a moment , impressed , then winked at her and strolled off , whistling .
24 All ways to hold him for a while .
25 ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’
26 The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza .
27 Nicholas 's voice checked him for a moment but when he turned he saw that the taxi driver was out of the cab and attempting to restrain him .
28 His firm sent him for a month to another part of the country , and at first he telephoned home every night ; but three weeks later she got a letter saying that he had met another woman and was planning to marry her as soon as possible .
29 Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved .
30 The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned .
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