Example sentences of "[vb infin] him for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 2 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 3 | He never saw the rope that would hang him for the noose was concealed in the hem of the white hood that the hangman drew over his head with the usual gentle suggestion that AIbert Pierrepoint reserved for these occasions . |
| 4 | " 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 . " |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was exactly eleven o'clock when the nurse came to her and said , ‘ You may go and see him for a minute . ’ |
| 7 | I said , you may go and see him for a minute , he 's out . |
| 8 | I said I would , but I would n't see him for a couple of days because I had to take a train . |
| 9 | They let us see him for a couple of minutes , and then they took us back to the prison . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Gusev 's family did n't see him for the rest of the weekend . |
| 12 | You 'll see — I 'll probably not see him for the rest of the week . ’ |
| 13 | She can keep him for the moment . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 18 | Erm , I mean , he wrote a lot , I saw him church on Sunday and I did thank him for the letter |
| 19 | There 's got ta be someone out there though , that 'll take him for a ride ! |
| 20 | Later , she 'd take him for a walk , if her father did n't have time . |
| 21 | Kernaghan , however , hopes Big Jack will select him for a visit to the States at the end of May . |
| 22 | Brittain is always up with the lark and it was a nice piece of work that Needle Gun did under Roberts on the Side Hill woodchip gallops early on Tuesday that makes me select him for the Laburnum Stakes . |
| 23 | They told him to ignore it and to remain at home where they would join him for the evening . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | He would probably do the latter , and hurry through the change of clothes which would prepare him for the half-hour 's weight-training which he did between ten forty-five and eleven fifteen every Tuesday and Friday . |
| 26 | 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 … |
| 27 | He even holds back when we hear the car pull away , and I would n't blame him for a moment . |
| 28 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 29 | ‘ And you ca n't blame him for the way we 've been conceding goals . |
| 30 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |