Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] he for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 2 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 3 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 4 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 5 | If only conventions were not so rigid she could easily have had him for a lodger . |
| 6 | According to Constanze , he received the news with painful resignation , saying that the situation would have enabled him for the first time to have sufficient leisure to write what he wanted , and to justify his growing reputation ; but instead only death awaited him . |
| 7 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to be on his way , I would not wish to delay him for a moment . |
| 9 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 10 | We did n't attempt to touch him for a lizard can easily lose its tail at the defensive snapping point . |
| 11 | In his brown canvas boots , faded blue trousers , checked shirt and frayed cap , one might have mistaken him for a man of no consequence instead of a senior member of local government . |
| 12 | I said I may have to hurt him for a remark like that . |
| 13 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 14 | They were concerned when his mother did not arrive to deliver him for the day yesterday . |
| 15 | Braden did n't even offer to pay him for the ticket . |