Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] him for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 2 | Her eyes beseeched him for the truth . |
| 3 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 4 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 5 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 6 | Two of his greatest performances came in 1979 , with 5 for 38 in the World Cup final and 6 for 29 in the Gillette final for Somerset , although both times Richards pipped him for the match award . |
| 7 | Thiercelin liked him for the ‘ we ’ : Epitot personally could hardly have been faulted . |
| 8 | Mr Gill 's wife nominated him for the prize for his purchase of the ‘ Astronomicon ’ , a poem in Latin verse on astronomy and astrology of around 1455–60 by Basinio da Parma , dedicated to Malatesta Novello , lord of Cesena , and probably made in Rimini . |
| 9 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 10 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 11 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 12 | Andrew 's mother Christine nominated him for the award . |
| 13 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 14 | The world champion may not be worried about the £500 fine handed out for throwing the last game of his bizarre straight-games loss to Jahangir Khan in the final of last month 's Stuttgart Open , but he should be more concerned at the zero computer points assigned him for the Stuttgart tournament , which may enable Jahangir to overtake him in the New Year rankings , plus the fact that any further misdemeanour will probably mean draconian punishment . |
| 15 | In 1979 Serjeant 's former employer Richard Sheppard recommended him for the post of Surveyor to the Royal Academy . |
| 16 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |
| 17 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 18 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 19 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 20 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 21 | After the Labour victory of 1929 , Ramsay MacDonald considered him for the post of Foreign Secretary . |
| 22 | And Sinatra punished him for the rest of his life . |
| 23 | Manager Arthur Rowe signed him for the Palace , but it was under Dick Graham that Peter reached the climax of his playing career . |
| 24 | A week later , Warren Beatty grabbed him for the role of Clyde 's brother Buck in Bonnie and Clyde , for which he would gain an Oscar nomination . |