Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] he for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel is by no means the fool she took him for . |
| 2 | She had always pitied Kathleen and never liked Cormac , who had not tried to protect his sister , but now as she lay awake at night she saw him for what he was : a pitiable victim of his mother 's obsession . |
| 3 | No I do n't , no that was just a nickname they give him for years ago , matter of fact I the other day , I was walking up and he called me , so I took me father 's name you see , nickname , that was . |
| 4 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Play Bodin in the position you bought him for and show off our defence that otherwise will leak goals like two seasons ago . |
| 7 | Years later , she acknowledged the debt she owed him for those early lessons in self-determination . |
| 8 | ‘ There is every reason to remember George Bush 's achievements and the debt of gratitude we owe him for his leadership . |
| 9 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 10 | One of his red-letter days was the time we took him for his first ride in our newly acquired Rolls-Royce . |