Example sentences of "him for the [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Scotland Yard , ’ he informed Mr Multhrop severely , taking him for the doorman as he marched through the doors of the Imperial Hotel . |
| 2 | I 've tried without success to recruit him for the CPRE and the Friends of Spaxton Theatre . |
| 3 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 4 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 5 | If he himself has not paid for them then the person who sold him the goods will be able to sue him for the price but will have lost any chance of recovering the goods . |
| 6 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
| 7 | I said cos I shall phone the bank first thing Monday and I shall say right , he 's took the car so you can run to him for the money cos you 'll be getting none out of me . |
| 8 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 9 | However , normally one contact man from each of the units is transferred to the staff of the project manager and is responsible to him for the work that is done in his unit . |
| 10 | Well we had him for the weekend and er looking back on the weekend we were reasonably impressed with the man and his wife . |
| 11 | Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life . |
| 12 | There was a cool mockery in his deep voice , and she turned to glare at him , hating him for the fact that he seemed to be deriving amusement from her discomfort . |
| 13 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 14 | This house belonged to a shipyard owner , but the Navy took it from him for the duration and now it 's a hostel for Wrens . |
| 15 | City of London magistrates fined him for the refusal but ruled he could keep his licence . |