Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] him for [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ? |
2 | The story ends with the teacher coming over and praising him for this reaction and Little Turtle receiving a very good report card that term . |
3 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
4 | He conquered him so completely that the man now housed him , clothed , fed and supported him and used every spare minute to coach and prepare him for some as yet unrevealed greatness . |
5 | Although technically Yeltsin was still able to nominate Gaidar as Prime Minister , subject to Congress 's approval , and to retain him for three months even without such approval , it appeared that , realising the need for political compromise , he chose Chernomyrdin with Gaidar 's acquiescence . |
6 | The Judge held that George was responsible for instigating the crime and jailed him for four and a half years . |
7 | Judge Geoffrey Kilfoil ordered his arrest and jailed him for 14 days for contempt of court . |
8 | Give him a call and ask him for some winners . ’ |
9 | My famous dog Oggie , who has alternately made me hate and love him for 12 years , has passed his tendency for being naughty on to his children . |
10 | Chelmsford magistrates fined him £2,600 and banned him for 18 months . |
11 | Three hundred Catholic miners marched in from Cleator Moor , four miles away , intercepted him outside the meeting-hall , beat him as hard as they could , and left him for dead . |
12 | When the platoon is ambushed , Barnes shoots Elias and leaves him for dead . |
13 | He had confidence in Timman 's ability to hold this theoretically drawn endgame , but tested him for four hours on Monday before agreeing to share the point . |