Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [prep] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did occur to me that since everyone seemed to be playing a game with rules unknown to me , Robert might not be concerned only that I would be bored by myself , but he might want me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 2 | He was the same age as Syl , after all , and Syl wanted me to go with him for reasons of his own . |
| 3 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 4 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 5 | ‘ I rely on him for information . |
| 6 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 7 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 8 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 9 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 10 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 11 | I apologized to him for this but he said , " I 'm glad to be out of it . |
| 12 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 13 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 14 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 15 | And I said to him for God 's sake stop bloody well moaning cos we 've all got ta muck in ! |
| 16 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 17 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 18 | So I stayed with him for quite while until I was able to tackle my own half a stint , not a full stint , which was nine yards . |
| 19 | She lived with him for 11 years . |
| 20 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 21 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 22 | But you wo n't be able to make any decision while you cling to him for fear of other men . |
| 23 | He ignored her question ( " because I 'm a woman " , thought Miriam ) but smiled soothingly and said : " Will you look after him for me , Mrs Lang ? |
| 24 | She turned to him for comfort . |
| 25 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 26 | If she relied on him for anything , it never happened . |
| 27 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 28 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 29 | She talked with him for nearly ten minutes , and as the officers drew her away , Walford snatched her hand and kissed it , ‘ some tears for the first time rolling down his cheeks ’ . |
| 30 | She stared at him for a long time . |