Example sentences of "[verb] he for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember , one bloke , mind-reader he was — Steenie booked him for some Variety bill , forget where it was now . |
| 2 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 3 | ‘ I have been waiting to pick him for some time but our form was not good and it was not easy on Dion living in hotels . |
| 4 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 8 | Ludens was by now , in an ordinary sense , more used to being with Marcus , less afraid of ‘ saying the wrong thing ’ , and had resolved today to ask a crude question which had been troubling him for some time . |
| 9 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
| 10 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 11 | The Tryons , in return , have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral . |
| 12 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 13 | If it 's an Airborne guy , ask him for some ID . ’ |
| 14 | He appeared to have learned his lesson last season , but the fact that he needs Robson 's ‘ Englishness ’ for Europe means he will pick him for some league games such as Chelsea last week , and was n't he crap ; > } |
| 15 | By Spain , Jackie was beginning to feel the first twinges of the ulcer which was to hamper him for some time and keep him out of racing properly — and out of Belgium altogether — until July . |
| 16 | It was the question she had been screwing up her courage to ask him for some time , but Duro pretended he had n't heard , and turned away to talk to Dom Alfonso . |
| 17 | The thought that Ace could go bad rankled him for some reason , and he mouthed a silent prayer that her judgment would remain sound . |
| 18 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 19 | Ian Salisbury , who played in half the Test matches , returned figures which will haunt him for some time . |