Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 2 | Namely he has expressed his wish to King Leopold of the Belgians and requested him to press us for a withdrawal . |
| 3 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 4 | Tom Poole suggested it as a last resort , and Coleridge , who remembered the cottage , immediately asked him to take it for a year . |
| 5 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 6 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 7 | Actress Robin Givens gave the man a bloody nose after he mistook her for a hooker while she was filming in Chicago . |
| 8 | Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit . |
| 9 | He fought it for a second , then gave in . |
| 10 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 11 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 12 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 13 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 14 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 15 | He tried it for a day , but grew bored with museums and heavy concentration , and their clumsy attempts to pick up girls ; he returned to the room during the day when they were out . |
| 16 | He built it for a very simple reason . |
| 17 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 18 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 19 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 20 | He regarded her for a moment as though considering what she 'd told him . |
| 21 | He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 . |
| 22 | He must have felt it and he must have suffered afterwards from it I would imagine , but he had , he had those qualifications , he had those abilities and he used them for a . |
| 23 | He surveyed her for a moment and then switched on , as though it had been a light , the very considerable charm of his smile . |
| 24 | He studied her for a moment . |
| 25 | He studied her for a moment , noting how she had aged . |
| 26 | He studied her for a moment , and she took in his steel-grey , twill-weave trousers and ivory shirt of raw silk . |
| 27 | Frowning , he studied her for a moment , then , with an impatient curse , yanked the ribbon away and unwound her braid . |
| 28 | He studied her for a long time , then reached out and touched a wet strand of her hair . |
| 29 | He studied her for a second , eyes narrowed . |
| 30 | He studied her for a moment , then said slowly , ‘ Of course . |