Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 2 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 3 | ‘ I rely on him for information . |
| 4 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 5 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 6 | I looked toward him for some answer to my curiosity but his eyes were expressionless . |
| 7 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 8 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 9 | I apologized to him for this but he said , " I 'm glad to be out of it . |
| 10 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 11 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 12 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 13 | And I said to him for God 's sake stop bloody well moaning cos we 've all got ta muck in ! |
| 14 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 15 | I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building . |
| 16 | So I stayed with him for quite while until I was able to tackle my own half a stint , not a full stint , which was nine yards . |