Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 2 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 3 | I did n't know him very well and I despised him for being well behaved and creeping around telling stories about me . |
| 4 | I am grateful for the opportunity to enlighten the hon. Gentleman , and I thank him for his question . |
| 5 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 6 | And I respect him for that . |
| 7 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 8 | His movement is steady and I admire him for it . |
| 9 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |
| 10 | and I snogged him for it . |
| 11 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |
| 12 | My anxiety had returned , and I hated him for being so happy . |
| 13 | If your fuel bill debt is in the name of your landlord , and you pay him for your electricity or gas , you should let your fuel supplier and local council know this is the case . |
| 14 | You wanted a man , and you wanted him for good — because after all , you were getting on then , were n't you ? |
| 15 | ‘ So it was Alain all the time , and she took him for me , ’ mused Dieter . |
| 16 | He was offering her an out and she respected him for that . |
| 17 | And she scolded him for frightening children Adam , six , Louise , four , and two-year-old Carl . |
| 18 | She felt she had been tactically outwitted , and she hated him for it . |
| 19 | The truth was there in his eyes , and she hated him for that , too . |
| 20 | Managing the boat , he was in total command , and she admired him for the ease with which he wove between the countless busy craft , the pleasure boats , gondolas and the small and large ferries , his eyes constantly alert . |
| 21 | Sir David Nicholson retires from the Board this year and we thank him for his contribution to the Group over the past nine years . |
| 22 | But even at his most confused , the essence of Maurice was still there , and we loved him for it even when it drove us spare . |
| 23 | ‘ Dave is our boffin , our crazy , lunatic , eccentric and we love him for it . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
| 25 | No , it was a farmer 's , and erm he did n't want to sell it , but I pursued him for nearly a year , and in the end he said that I could erm buy it and erm that 's when the project began . |
| 26 | It was too much but she loved him for it and let him kiss her when he came and stood beside her again . |
| 27 | ‘ To buy a player of Kevin 's experience would cost a fortune but we got him for free . |
| 28 | Angel could not accept his father 's narrow religious beliefs , but he loved him for his courage . |