Example sentences of "[verb] been [verb] him for " in BNC.
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1 | He labours scornfully for this Simon Giles , faintly comforted by a corner in Classical studies which has been granted him for reasons to do with the firm 's image . |
2 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
3 | But he pretended I 'd been bothering him for something , he was clever about it , it seemed real . ’ |
4 | Undertaken sensitively and carefully by an experienced operator in controlled circumstances , regression therapy should be a beneficial and restorative experience for the subject , enabling him to be rid of a serious problem that may have been troubling him for years and indeed possibly ruining his life . |
5 | In doing so , he had to jettison most of what those close to him had been telling him for the past 16 months . |
6 | Claudia wanted to laugh out loud — that was what she had been telling him for days , but under the joy she was aware of fear making itself known . |
7 | Worse , Riley had been chiding him for not providing a string of exclusive MacQuillan stories but the ones he had written were being held over until they were out of date or appeared elsewhere . |
8 | Short had been saving him for the Ascot race . |
9 | I did n't have another bridesmaid , nor did I have Southall in a cart , which Clare had been training him for , as a surprise for me . |
10 | The Achilles ' tendon which had been bothering him for weeks finally gave out amid a sympathetic cheer and a great forward ambled to the sideline and out of the match with an hour gone . |
11 | Margaret had been seeing him for nearly a year and Maura had the feeling that they were going to get married . |
12 | She had been watching him for half an hour staring out at the view , motionless . |
13 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Tulagai was flushed and it was apparent that Jotan had been baiting him for some time . |
16 | I have been watching him for some weeks , and I accuse him publicly — before the whole school ! ’ |
17 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |
18 | Sharon , who works at a miniature models factory in Wrexham , said : ‘ I have been teasing him for about two weeks for not being romantic but he has shown me I was wrong . |