Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] he for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 2 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 3 | When Christian left for London to begin his new life in the Methodist ministry , Seb took him to the railway station at Shipton-under-Wychwood in the farm 's gig and Carrie came with him for the ride . |
| 4 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
| 5 | She frowned at him for a moment ; then her brow cleared . |
| 6 | Paul Devraux grinned at him for a moment , then raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 7 | and went and sat in the corner of the bathroom and went , scowled at him for a bit ! |
| 8 | Not till later was it diagnosed that the mental breakdown which destroyed Hoskyns crept upon him for a year or more before he died . |
| 9 | Will talked with him for a few minutes , then gave him a penny . |
| 10 | When the bike 's owner , replete in heavy leather jacket appeared , Agassi chatted with him for a while before offering to buy the bike for £9,000 . |
| 11 | He worked with him for a while , making implements . |
| 12 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 13 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 14 | Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital . |
| 15 | But he said : ‘ The fans may not think Ian 's the best man for the job but if they lay off him for a bit then he might get it right for them . ’ |
| 16 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 17 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 18 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 19 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 20 | He stoked the fire so that it flared , then reached behind him for a pouch of thin leather which contained charred bones . |
| 21 | It was the Colonel himself who taught me how to shoot , and I always went with him for the fishing . |
| 22 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 23 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 24 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 25 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 26 | He did so partly in order that those who looked to him for a lead would have no doubts about where he stood . |
| 27 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 28 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 29 | Nodding gently to himself , he reached beside him for the blanket . |
| 30 | All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward . |