Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Escobar announced last month that he was declaring war on the state and the government has since blamed him for a series of bomb blasts in Bogota and other cities which have killed more than 40 people . |
| 2 | He does n't think anybody has ever asked him for forgiveness either . |
| 3 | He says sex education at school is useless and has n't prepared him for what to expect . |
| 4 | She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ . |
| 5 | At least he was spared the knowledge that he 'd given the doge 's ring to a heartless little bitch who 'd just taken him for a ride . ’ |
| 6 | I 'd not seen him for six months . |
| 7 | Of all his field agents Philpott had known Whitlock the longest , having personally recruited him for MIS at Oxford University . |
| 8 | Similarly if his host says ‘ Come early ’ , having just invited him for eight o'clock , he will interpret ‘ early ’ with respect to the last-mentioned time , rather than to some previously mentioned time . |
| 9 | It 's ridiculous — I 've only known him for a few weeks . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've only known him for a few months ! ’ |
| 11 | She laughed silently at herself ; she had only known him for a few hours , and here she was , assessing his character as if he were an old and true friend . |
| 12 | Mr Fractor threatened him with a sum stretching right round the classroom if he did n't stay awake and had already punished him for not finishing his work on time . |
| 13 | Hurley had not forgiven him for the loss of Syrian George , and he was still under heavy pressure from Washington to show results , but in general Coleman made sure they got along for the sake of his back-channel reports to MC/10 Control . |
| 14 | His education had not prepared him for this in any way . |
| 15 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 16 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 17 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 18 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 19 | She had not seen him for an hour or more , he had been here earlier , had he left in a fit of boredom , was he sulking in |
| 20 | She had not seen him for a month . |
| 21 | Police broke in after neighbours had not seen him for several days . |
| 22 | ‘ Then since you accept what I say , madam — ’ interposed the cardinal with a sense of timing that suggested the protector had not nominated him for the task solely on account of his venerability ‘ — might I urge you to give the prince into my custody ! ’ |
| 23 | The education process which the 1970s building surveyor had undergone in the fifties and early sixties had not equipped him for a meaningful and identifiable role in the profession of the seventies . |
| 24 | Blanche had just asked him for permission to approach the secret services formally and inspect their files on Graham Mills . |
| 25 | On one occasion he is alleged to have told a bald papal legate who had just excommunicated him for refusing to abandon his mistress that he would see the legate 's hair in curlers before he gave her up . |
| 26 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 28 | It was the first time she had ever begged him for anything , but she knew it was likely he could be persuaded with flattery . |
| 29 | Rauti replaced the much younger Gianfranco Fini who had narrowly defeated him for the post in December 1987 [ see p. 35989 ] . |
| 30 | The knowing look in his eyes let her know she had n't fooled him for an instant , but he gave a single nod . |