Example sentences of "did [adv] [verb] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caernarfonshire captain Dave Wallace said Llandudno had not engaged Barnes as a professional and did not pay him for playing . |
| 2 | Cunningham 's chummy dropping of the ‘ Mr ’ from his name did not fool him for a moment : the withdrawn and irascible figure he had encountered in mid-afternoon was nearer the soul of this man than mine accommodating and smiling host of the Skein of Geese 's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 . |
| 3 | Ironically , Gallacher 's capacity for tragedy did not leave him for long ; at the end of the game he was told his sister-in-law had died in Scotland , and as the tartan army led a ragtime jazz-band through the streets of London , Hughie Gallacher was on his way to the funeral . |
| 4 | This man would blow up a city without five seconds ' compunction — and she did not criticise him for that — but he would insist on good whisky , eat in good restaurants , like to travel first-class . |
| 5 | Certainly Jenny did not see him for the first few evenings she was at Moorlake . |
| 6 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 7 | The process did n't perturb him for the simple reason that it did n't repel Willie . |
| 8 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 9 | but yesterday morn he was , yesterday morning he started crying did n't he , I did n't leave him for any length of time |
| 10 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 11 | With his guilt over Anthony , he felt that at least she loved him and did n't blame him for the death . |
| 12 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 13 | They did n't get him for that one ? |
| 14 | But Nigel did n't ask him for help . |
| 15 | Why Mr Jones did n't book him for what could have been deemed incitement in front of Newcastle 's followers will remain a mystery along with his dropball doodle-bug . |
| 16 | It was better , he decided , that she did n't recognise him for now , disguised as he was . |
| 17 | Just as she did n't take him for granted , she made sure he could n't take her for granted either . |
| 18 | I did n't see him for several days . |
| 19 | Gusev 's family did n't see him for the rest of the weekend . |
| 20 | But he was laid up after that and we did n't see him for days . |
| 21 | She did n't see him for a few days after that , and had time to wonder why she had made it all up . |
| 22 | I was very , very sorry , but I just left the letter around and did n't see him for about three years . |
| 23 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 24 | This time the defeat of his hopes did n't crush him for more than a few days . |