Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] him for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | I 've a good mind to ask him for it after all . " |
2 | Sixteen million viewers thanked him for it , very soon dangerously hooked on the bronzed domestic shenanigans of Ramsay Street 's self-pollinating families . |
3 | And after all , Rothesay , so they said , had led Margaret a dog 's life after all her father 's pains to secure him for her , and been by any standard a poor bargain for any girl , having worn out so many before her — including , the bolder gossips whispered , Dunbar 's unhappy daughter , affianced and bedded but never wed . |
4 | ‘ My father bought him for me , ’ Artemis replied . |
5 | Tom Fearon keeps him for me at the livery stables . |
6 | He began to put on airs and think he was a grown-up who could boss us around until Dad checked him for it . |