Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] him for a " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'd heard him for a bit by then .
2 He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast .
3 His crooked smile was very much in evidence and Matey could have told her that since her arrival Dr Neil had been happier than she had seen him for a long time — there had been fewer backslidings towards the ‘ nasty whisky ’ since McAllister had appeared in his life to provide him with such rich amusement .
4 They missed out on Shearer , who joined Kenny Dalglish at Ewood Park after Ferguson had tracked him for a year .
5 The first reference is a friendly one : ‘ Lord Goodman had always been very generous with his legal advice to Labour MPs , including me , and Harold Wilson had used him for a number of assignments , including an exploratory visit with Sir Max Aitken to Ian Smith in August 1968 on the possibilities of a settlement .
6 I had invited him for a meal , and he left around midnight . ’
7 I had known him for a number of years .
8 The incident with the muntjac doe had distracted him for a while but gradually the sense of exultation in his deeds of the previous evening returned and blotted everything else from his mind .
9 According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest .
10 It had worried him for a moment , he had n't been quite sure what she meant , but then he reckoned she was referring to the troubles .
11 A 13-month-old London boy drowned when he fell off a ‘ topple-proof ’ bath chair while his mother had left him for a few moments .
12 Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black .
13 It was very much a revenge match for White — Spijkers had beaten him for a bronze in the Seoul Olympics , though then White was injured .
14 She had lost him for a while , at the party , but she 'd already been too drunk to worry .
15 The grandmother who had held him for a family photograph ; the mother Eda , the father Meir , the brothers Chaim , Avram , Aizik and Josef ; the sisters Selma and Esther .
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