Example sentences of "he [verb] i for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | … I can hear but never see him telling me for the tenth or hundredth time the story of the Wiltshire moonrakers … and many another comic tale or rhyme . |
| 3 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 4 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 5 | he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof . |
| 6 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 7 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 8 | And he entered me for the scholarship , , and er , I won . |
| 9 | He buggered me for the first time that night , reaching round and putting his hand over my mouth , tearing me in two . |
| 10 | Just then he noticed me for the first time . |
| 11 | Pembridge said last night : ‘ I do n't know what the background is — all I know is he elbowed me for no reason at Highbury . |
| 12 | By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there . |
| 13 | He watched me for the effect of this slang . |
| 14 | She had told him lies about where Bella 's money was hidden , pretended to be fascinated when he had lied to her about spending the day with his father : ‘ We played golf together , then he took me for a ride in the new car . |
| 15 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 16 | Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good |
| 17 | He saw me for the first time . |
| 18 | Recently deserted by her husband Cruncher ( ‘ He left me for a wee young thing of 58 ’ ) she 's found it hard enough to make ends meet in the past . |
| 19 | He held me for a minute or two , quite tight , kissing and stroking my hair , then we sat down again . |
| 20 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 21 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |