Example sentences of "[to-vb] him for his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beaten into second place by his team-mate Rene Arnoux in the 1982 French Grand Prix , he pulled into a service station on his way home only for the attendant to mistake him for his rival . |
| 2 | These doubts , hard to pin down , because reason easily disposed of them all , crystallised around the fact that Comrade Andrew too often smelled of drink ; she could not bring herself to criticise him for his partiality to the goose-girl , because she had learned so long ago and so thoroughly simply to switch off in this area . |
| 3 | The English-speaking media applauded Daniel Dubroca as a player and captain on countless occasions , but still felt duty-bound to criticise him for his arbitration . |
| 4 | Mrs McRobert said that Say continued to threaten to take his own life , blaming his wife 's decision to leave him for his predicament . |
| 5 | She wanted to slap him for his cruelty and it was the only way to stop herself from springing at him . |
| 6 | This pupil went on to criticize him for his lack of ‘ fairness ’ . |
| 7 | So with Amyas 's long , damp fingers pressed against her eyes , Jennifer was led stumbling into the passage , and on the way up to the house Sir Gregory tried to think how he was going to pacify his wife , who had never been able to forgive him for his infidelity and who had always resented the presence of his bastard 's daughter under her roof when she came to hear Mass . |
| 8 | Even though in giving advice to her brother 's wife she had told her to forgive him for his infidelity and take him back , which is what Karenin was doing for her and exactly what she did n't want . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight . |
| 10 | I want first to say something nice about the Under-Secretary of State and , on the record , to thank him for his decision in the case of Younis Patel , who was in prison in Leicester for a number of months . |
| 11 | Brown severed the phone link as Mann continued to thank him for his release from detention . |
| 12 | Indeed , the day before he had received Karl Rahner to thank him for his work for the Council . |
| 13 | But then , just as he is halfway through explaining it , the secretary of the charity organization is shown in , wreathed in smiles and eager to thank him for his generosity . |
| 14 | She wanted to thank him for his kindness , to tell him how grateful she was that he had offered to help but the words would not come . |
| 15 | Then they led Linkworth to the hanging-shed to punish him for his crime . |
| 16 | God had given his Spirit to his anointed king in order to equip him for his leadership of the people . |
| 17 | He it is who not only empowers us to do right , but works in us the desire to want to do right , without which we would never dream of turning to ask him for his strength . |
| 18 | That crucial time in a child 's life when he has the ability to understand that his parents and teachers are trying to prepare him for his adult life , will not necessarily be related to his age . |
| 19 | It has been pointed out that incense was given to Jesus at his birth , and perfume poured over him to prepare him for his death . |
| 20 | It was arranged that Mr Brown would go home by ambulance and transport was also ordered to bring him for his Outpatient appointment in four weeks time . |
| 21 | And last night , instead of trying to comfort him for his loss , he told him it was God 's vengeance upon him . |