Example sentences of "he [vb past] her [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He checked her face for sincerity before going to the other room , returning with a photograph in a fancy tin frame . |
| 2 | He saw her as he called her name for the third time . |
| 3 | He watched her fumble for an intentionally long time in her handbag for the means of lighting the Turkish cigarette she held aloft in her left hand , only a foot or so away from Mark 's head . |
| 4 | Probably he took her nothingness for the numbness of shock . |
| 5 | To her chagrin he took her acceptance for granted . |
| 6 | They divorced after he strangled her dog for trampling on his tulips . |
| 7 | He squeezed her hand for a moment and then let it go . |
| 8 | He searched her face for endless moments , then his eyes filled . |
| 9 | He accepted her kiss for what it was , and was curiously soothed by it . |
| 10 | He held her gaze for a couple of seconds , then dropped his own . |
| 11 | He held her gaze for a moment in an optical half-nelson . |