Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] he for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ought to shop him for the income tax then |
| 2 | He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it . |
| 3 | Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House . |
| 4 | That 'll do him for the . |
| 5 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |
| 6 | There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! |
| 7 | Previously he had had no worry about her possible infidelity or that she might leave him for a more effective performer . |
| 8 | We 'll leave him for a minute or two , then I 'll test his reflexes . ’ |
| 9 | As one policeman remarked after a gouger had been treated leniently by a judge , ‘ Right , we 'll get him for every wrong move he makes ’ ( FN 9/3/87 , p. 8 ) . |
| 10 | Mm , they 'll last him for a long , long time . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’ |
| 12 | She might despise him for the methods he used in business , but the fact remained that she loved him , and if there was anything she could do to protect him she would do it . |
| 13 | And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication . |
| 14 | I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit . |
| 15 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 16 | Old Peter was off to a STBO Club trip to Warwick Castle and besides , we 'd pay him for the two barrowloads we liberated . |
| 17 | Like if he was hitting something and he accidentally hit his ha his thumb or his finger he used to be in agony for I mean it used to hurt him for the rest of the day . |
| 18 | He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday . |
| 19 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 20 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 21 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
| 22 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 23 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 24 | Mr Kinnock staggers under the additional handicap of having no ministerial experience which would equip him for the supreme office to which he aspires . |
| 25 | There were times when his grandma or his aunties made trouble for him behind his back , or when someone would comment on his lack of height and Sweetheart would punish him for the embarrassment he caused her . |
| 26 | I shall ask him for the latest joke at the gates of heaven , . ’ |
| 27 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |
| 28 | So that perhaps will interest him for a little while . |
| 29 | Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm almost sure he will not race again before , but we will enter him for the Hennessy Gold Cup in Ireland . ’ |