Example sentences of "[verb] him for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 32 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 33 | It er we are expecting him for the course on that date . |
| 34 | Even Dole , who once challenged him for the Presidency , was on verge of tears . |
| 35 | Manager Arthur Rowe signed him for the Palace , but it was under Dick Graham that Peter reached the climax of his playing career . |
| 36 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 37 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 38 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 39 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 40 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |
| 41 | When Midland Amalgamated headhunted him for the MD 's job at Pringle 's they offered him a Rover 3500 Vanden Plas , but Vic stuck out for the Jaguar , a car normally reserved for divisional chairmen , and to his great satisfaction he had got one , even though it was n't quite new . |
| 42 | Also , I blamed him for the way the bearers had deserted us . |
| 43 | Bond received threats of a ‘ warm welcome ’ from Burnley fans , who blamed him for the club 's decline after his season in charge eight years ago . |
| 44 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 45 | Owen knew from the title that this was a member of the Egyptian Royal Family but which of the Khedive 's numerous progeny it was escaped him for the moment . |
| 46 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
| 49 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 50 | Erm , I mean , he wrote a lot , I saw him church on Sunday and I did thank him for the letter |
| 51 | Perhaps if I 'd entered him for the Champion Hurdle , he might have sold . |
| 52 | Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes . |
| 53 | thesis ( 1921 ) , and , with related problems of atmospheric thermodynamics , interested him for the rest of his life . |
| 54 | Now there were three of them , and together they would break Ebert , expose him for the sham — the hollow shell — he was . |
| 55 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 56 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |
| 57 | Natural aptitude and a career in radio , film and television had helped him become an outstanding communicator — a strength chat not only made him a formidable campaigner , but also equipped him for the business of government in the television age . |
| 58 | Who selected him for the job , General ? ’ |
| 59 | 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 . |
| 60 | You ought to shop him for the income tax then |