Example sentences of "i [verb] he for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 2 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 3 | He said our flight had been delayed and he 'd spent the time in the bar , and then added , rather unconvincingly , that some woman had insisted on ‘ plying Phaeton with liquor ’ as he put it , but there was a hollowness in the way he said it , and I do n't think either Gill or I believed him for a moment . |
| 4 | I cursed him for a fool . |
| 5 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 6 | ‘ The first time I took him for a walk without a harness , he had a bit of a job to work that out as well . |
| 7 | For a moment , I took him for a vagrant , but then I saw he was just some local fellow enjoying the fresh air and summer sunshine , and saw no reason not to comply . |
| 8 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 9 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 10 | I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response . |
| 11 | So erm , anyway I went back in to him , I kept going up and down , I left him for a while , but he does n't normally cry like that |
| 12 | I teased him for a bit that I did n't get it , it went for so much . |