Example sentences of "him for the [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 2 | He commends him for the wit and wisdom of things he has n't said . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | Well we had him for the weekend and er looking back on the weekend we were reasonably impressed with the man and his wife . |
| 5 | Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |