Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] i for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came to me for stuff to forget all that . |
| 2 | I was on the board of the bank then , and he came to me for advice about a takeover bid for his company . |
| 3 | ‘ He came to me for help and those men murdered him ! |
| 4 | That name clearly struck a chord in McIllvanney , for he frowned at me for a few seconds , but the chord must have faded for he shrugged it off . |
| 5 | He stutters , but he caddied for me for five years and he knows the game inside out . |
| 6 | He laughed at me for missing out on perfect Pipe the day before . |
| 7 | He looked at me for a while , thinking . |
| 8 | He looked at me for a moment then sighed and got up from the chair . |
| 9 | He looked at me for a moment , halted in the act of folding his stethoscope . |
| 10 | He looked at me for the first time when I said this . |
| 11 | He looked at me for a minute . |
| 12 | He nodded and he looked at me for the first time . |
| 13 | When my Noble Friend was kind enough to say that he looked to me for help as being I think he said an ornament on the front bench , was n't quite certain whether that was supposed to be a compliment or not , but I thought an ornament or something that you that sat upon a er er er er er upon a shelf and looked pretty , but did n't actually do anything . |
| 14 | He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry . |
| 15 | He stared at me for a moment , then very carefully , he picked me up with finger and thumb and looked at me . |
| 16 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 17 | He apologised to me for paying insufficient attention while entering a strange harbour . ’ |
| 18 | He was called Chip and he stayed with me for around eight years . |
| 19 | And he stayed with me for about half an hour looking after me . |