Example sentences of "i [verb] he for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | I asked him for more but he said that with the family allowance we had the same . |
| 3 | When I press him for more names he suddenly gets the deer-caught-in-the-headlights look , and , deciding he 's already revealed too much , replies , ‘ Ah , just people . ’ |
| 4 | I cuddled him for four hours until he died in my hands . |
| 5 | I hated him for that . |
| 6 | I owe him for that . ’ |
| 7 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |
| 8 | I usually let him out of the pram but last week I lost him for five minutes in Tesco , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Then I treated him for three days with a view of my back and my sulky face . |
| 10 | I took him for dead , |
| 11 | He 's been brought up strictly , he goes to synagogue — I respect him for that . |
| 12 | And I respect him for that . |
| 13 | ‘ I liked him for that . |
| 14 | So I had him for five hours , normally from 6 pm to 11 pm . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't say I blame him for that . ’ |