Example sentences of "[vb past] him for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in 1977 and ‘ 78 that McEvoy won this title before Ronan Rafferty beat him for the first ( and only ) time in nearly 30 matches for England . |
| 2 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 3 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 4 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 5 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 6 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 7 | ‘ You dropped him for the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 8 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 9 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 10 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 11 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 12 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 13 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 14 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 15 | met him for the first time I think and erm |
| 16 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 17 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 18 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 19 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |
| 20 | It was Cannistraro and his colleagues who also identified the mysterious Libyan who bought the clothes in Malta to wrap around the bomb , based on a photofit picture produced by the FBI from the shopkeeper 's phenomenally detailed description of his customer ten months after he saw him for the first and only time . |
| 21 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 22 | You saw him for the last time in 1959 . |
| 23 | Anyone know who marked him for the 3–3 draw at Leeds ? |
| 24 | Hill 's ban ended in time for the 1987 World Cup but Bristol 's Richard Harding , who replaced him for the final Five Nations match — a stirring victory over Scotland — was first-choice in Australia and Hill 's last game for two years was against the United States . |
| 25 | It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad . |
| 26 | Val left him for the first time since they had set up house , and went briefly ‘ home ’ . |
| 27 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 28 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |
| 29 | I forgave him for the many occasions on which he had unthinkingly made me feel mentally subnormal . |
| 30 | I was so relieved it was all over and my baby was alright and I held him for the first time . |