Example sentences of "and [verb] he for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking about this one morning in 1954 , I went along to the keeper of the laboratory chemical stores and asked him for something which was water-soluble and formed needle crystals . |
| 2 | A brave reporter thrust a microphone under his nose and asked him for his comments . |
| 3 | Kalchu was ashamed of his drunkenness and Chola grumbled and rebuked him for it . |
| 4 | I declined his offer of another brandy , made my excuses , and thanking him for his hospitality I left by the back door . |
| 5 | Since first meeting him I learned to admire and respect him for his sincerity , humanity , integrity and his delightful sense of humour . |
| 6 | Suddenly , one of his recordings sounds just like one of his stupendous live performances and shows him for what he really is : one of the all-time great conductors . |
| 7 | ‘ Shall we bring the cat in here and hear him for ourselves ? ’ said Lady Blemley . |
| 8 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 9 | Despite his meeting so many of her demands on his time and attention , she often complained about and blamed him for his inattentiveness . |
| 10 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 11 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 12 | Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’ |
| 13 | His father considered Charles ‘ extreme backwards ’ and chided him for his ‘ aversion to all application ’ and his reluctance ‘ to cultivate the talents which Providence has given you ’ . |
| 14 | The amount of compensation reflects the fact that he is out of work and compensates him for his losses . |
| 15 | Jeff Beck is a great guitarist and I respect and admire him for his talent , but no more so than an unknown guy down the road who 's also brilliant . |
| 16 | She approved , and liked him for it . |
| 17 | But once the fighting begins , with Falstaff in shameless prose ( the soliloquy describing how he has led his ‘ ragamuffins where they are pepper 'd ’ ) , Hal enters in the heroic medium and rebukes him for his idleness ( the cowardice he ca n't see , as we can ) : ‘ What , standst thou idle here ? |
| 18 | Can you go and get him for me ? ’ |
| 19 | Gregory may have laughed at Chilperic 's attempts at apeing the culture of the Roman past , and despised him for them , but circuses were integral to the political culture of the later Roman Empire , and its Byzantine successor : the hippodrome was central to the court ritual of Constantinople . |
| 20 | In her resignation letter Gandhi claimed that she was unhappy at the " strange and unilateral decisions " taken by Singh and criticized him for his policies regarding Kashmir and Punjab and for his implementation of the Mandal Commission report [ see below ] . |
| 21 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 22 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 23 | Erm , and so Freud at the beginning says that he er , he , he had a personal dislike of er Wilson , and resented him for what he had done and held him responsible for the subsequent disasters . |
| 24 | Come and see him for yourself ! |
| 25 | When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ Many of them were aware of him and the job he does , but the first thing they did was to rush over and ask him for his autograph . ’ |
| 27 | George would take the credit for all Tom 's successes and blame him for his own failures . |