Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [prep] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 2 | 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' ’ . ' |
| 3 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 8 | I apologized to him for this but he said , " I 'm glad to be out of it . |
| 9 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 10 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And I said to him for God 's sake stop bloody well moaning cos we 've all got ta muck in ! |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She lived with him for 11 years . |
| 17 | She gazed at him for a long time without being able to bring the appropriate words to her lips . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | She turned to him for comfort . |
| 20 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 21 | If she relied on him for anything , it never happened . |
| 22 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | She stared at him for a long time . |
| 25 | Her face was on a level with his ; she stared at him for some seconds before she said quietly , ‘ You need n't be concerned that you might have started something ; I 've got no ideas that way . |
| 26 | She stared at him for a long moment wondering if in her indignation she had hurt his feelings , but his eyes were narrowed and she could not read his expression . |
| 27 | She stared at him for a moment , then grinned . |
| 28 | She stared at him for a long moment before she took in what he had said . |
| 29 | She stared at him for a moment , and then , as he gestured impatiently , ‘ But I do n't know how — ’ |
| 30 | She stared at him for a further moment , then meekly she obeyed and he smiled . |