Example sentences of "[v-ing] he for a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Who indeed ? ’ she asked , not believing him for a minute , ‘ But rather arrogant of you to assume I would be willing to be caught . ’ |
2 | And I think they 'd just been hounding him for a while and that was the last straw . |
3 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
4 | When you show disapproval to a dog , reinforce this by ignoring him for a time . |
5 | And the Reds boss has delivered a surprise vote-of-confidence in his £2.2m signing from Derby even tipping him for a return to the England side . |
6 | ‘ Honour , ’ repeated Kit , a smile dancing mischievously in the corner of his lips , giving him for a moment the look of a sprite , a red-gold Puck no stranger to mischief . |
7 | She looked up , clutching her inadequate plush tablecloths , the supple line of her body begging him for a ride . |
8 | The old man was begging him for a dime to buy a cup of coffee . |
9 | She tossed her head , aware she was n't fooling him for a minute . |
10 | and we were saying last year we could of done with having him for a bit |
11 | ‘ Having him for a brother-in-law must have been embarrassing at times . ’ |
12 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
13 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
14 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
15 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
16 | Then he observed in a flat tone , ‘ What a tragedy , in that case , that you wo n't be seeing him for a while . ’ |
17 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
18 | She said summat about taking him for a picnic . |
19 | Means going back in the morning and taking him for a walk |
20 | It was clear that she 'd been taking him for a ride , in that there was no ride in it for him at the end of the process . |
21 | The woman was taking him for a ride , working on him to get what she wanted , and that included Lissa 's destruction . |
22 | Leith , having popped along to her bedroom to take her hair out of the knot she had worn it in all day , was having serious thoughts about her actions — inviting him for a meal , for goodness ' sake ! |
23 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
24 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
25 | I hang round by him , watching him for a bit . |
26 | Shelley stood watching him for a while before he noticed her , and he came down to greet her . |
27 | She continued watching him for a moment , then stepped out into full view . |
28 | She sat watching him for a moment , hoping he would look around and smile ; but he kept his back turned to her and continued to gaze abstractedly out the window . |
29 | Banning him for a year , Judge Lyons said : ‘ I find it hard to imagine a more serious case . ’ |
30 | ‘ So you came to rescue me , ’ she said , teasing him for a change . |