Example sentences of "and [vb past] him for the " in BNC.
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1 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
2 | His great-uncle took Charles under his wing and prepared him for the job ahead . |
3 | Time was the theme that fired his heart as a young student and affected him for the rest of his life . |
4 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
5 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
6 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
7 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
8 | The selectors kept faith and picked him for the first Test at Edgbaston , where he bowled 42 overs without trouble , taking four wickets in his maiden Test , which England won , fairly comfortably , but 100 runs . |