Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] him for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 2 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 3 | He 'd galloped all the way to Leafield and we would have lost him for good if someone there had n't recognised him . ’ |
| 4 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 5 | Whatever mysterious spirit had unlocked the verse , it had freed him for other human satisfactions , for love ; or was it the other way around ? |
| 6 | But she knew in her heart that , if she had ever had Jonathon , she had lost him for good . |
| 7 | ‘ What have I done ? ’ she said , her voice trembling , ‘ my baby , I 've lost him for good and it 's all your fault , Craig . ’ |