Example sentences of "[vb base] him [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chop him up for firewood , |
| 2 | ‘ Put him down for x-ray , Sister , and we 'll see . ’ |
| 3 | Bring him here for tea next week . |
| 4 | ‘ Bring him round for drinks after I 've got the kids to bed , ’ Louise suggested . |
| 5 | I knew he would n't want me to be pushy and , hard though it was , I decided to wait until the end of the week and then invite him round for dinner . |
| 6 | People call him up for art advice from all over the world . |
| 7 | Call him on for appointments . |
| 8 | It took four of them to lift him on to a trolley and take him away for observation , with the police riding shotgun at his side , and then things gradually returned to normal — or as normal as they could given the extraordinary circumstances . |