Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [verb] he for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 2 | It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future . |
| 3 | At least he would know then about Mark , realise that at least one person in this world knew him for what he really was . |
| 4 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 5 | Well he 's saying that that bloke mistook him for somebody else then ? |
| 6 | Lord John had hoped that his friend would accompany him , but he sensed how much Manvell despised him for so easily surrendering to Sharpe 's threat . |
| 7 | The boys at school were sure to snigger at him behind his back , and the Irishman and his rough friends would have one more excuse to belittle him for their own amusement . |
| 8 | Doubts about the genuineness of his own faith troubled him for many years . |
| 9 | Out to provoke Theo into a declaration of loyalty , and at the same time sting him for continuing to belong to a hated class , he charged him with hypocrisy and self-righteousness in refusing to belong to either side . |