Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , dear , you do n't want to hear my stories , ’ he would say when Benny and Eve plagued him for some information . |
| 2 | His lips twisted in scorn , and Lissa hated him for that look . |
| 3 | Mallachy , remembering the story they 'd concocted , gave Rory a piece of paper which contained ( he said ) a ‘ list of the addresses ’ , and Rory thanked him for his trouble . |
| 4 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 5 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 6 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 7 | And Sinatra punished him for the rest of his life . |