Example sentences of "[vb infin] he for a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney .
2 " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . "
3 And if you could watch him for a while longer , you might discover just what he — a descendant of herd-living , company-loving , fast and flighty wild horses — feels about domestication .
4 It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’
5 I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out .
6 I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train .
7 They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison .
8 I was told I could see him for an hour but they got held up on the way and I was rushed through the visit .
9 He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it .
10 Crosby reassured Byrne yesterday after the Republic of Ireland marksman was forced to pull out of the international squad with a calf injury that will sideline him for a fortnight .
11 Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House .
12 There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride !
13 Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time .
14 Kernaghan , however , hopes Big Jack will select him for a visit to the States at the end of May .
15 Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's oak-panelled restaurant .
16 She looked at him as though in understanding , but she could n't answer him for a moment for there were so many things whirling around in her mind : that doctor and her Emma …
17 He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment .
18 We 'll leave him for a minute or two , then I 'll test his reflexes . ’
19 Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour .
20 ‘ But we can hold him for a while yet .
21 ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’
22 Did you ask him for a drink ? ’
23 ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst .
24 I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers .
25 Well , can we go and ask him for an invitation ?
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