Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] he for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 3 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 4 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 5 | I hated him for that . |
| 6 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 7 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |
| 8 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
| 10 | I took him for dead , |
| 11 | He 's been brought up strictly , he goes to synagogue — I respect him for that . |
| 12 | And I respect him for that . |
| 13 | ‘ I liked him for that . |
| 14 | So I had him for five hours , normally from 6 pm to 11 pm . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't say I blame him for that . ’ |
| 16 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 17 | And she scolded him for frightening children Adam , six , Louise , four , and two-year-old Carl . |
| 18 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 19 | She blamed him for all this . |
| 20 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 21 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 22 | He was no more blind than you or I. Did n't you recognize him for that man we gave a ride to on the road ? |
| 23 | It was strange how she loved him for that business with Tommaso so long ago , how she had such a feeling for the intricate conventions of the old code , and saw him as a man of honour , a duellist . |
| 24 | She watched him for several moments , then looked about the large dining-room , trying to fathom the reason for his actions . |
| 25 | She liked him for that . |
| 26 | He spoke bitterly of the way she left him for another man , a student , when she was 16 then humiliated him by giving intimate details of their affair to the press . |
| 27 | You wanted a man , and you wanted him for good — because after all , you were getting on then , were n't you ? |
| 28 | diagram for for that erm mark five out there could you ask him for one of them ? |
| 29 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 30 | We asked him for general news . |