Example sentences of "and [vb base] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 2 | and we 'll sort it out ourselves and what they do , if a customer says oh there 's a phone that 's broke , or it 's not working or something like that , they 'll say oh okay we 'll get in touch with the maintenance for you , you see , cos he 's making nowt out of it , if you say we dropped the phone and broke it , well we 'll send a and then they send an engin one of their blokes out with a replacement phone and charge him for a new one , once they say wants some re-programming doing , oh yeah were sending an engineer round and they get , the dealer then gets the money for it so all we get is the flack end of it you know so we , a service contract it 's priced because , low because you know you 're gon na make a bit on moves and changes |
| 3 | That is why the chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him for ever . |
| 4 | Because of the case , of going to court to claim compensation for James , we had to have neuroligists to come and look at James and assess him for thes claim and they have said that James is not in a persistent vegetative state . ’ |
| 5 | A crowd of eager customers would be awaiting his arrival outside the shops and attack him for the particular colour , size or style of dress they had been waiting for . |
| 6 | He shall feel the ground give under him , if only once , he shall fall , and men shall see him fall , and know him for a man like other men . |
| 7 | ‘ Shall we bring the cat in here and hear him for ourselves ? ’ said Lady Blemley . |
| 8 | And damn him for daring to pry into my affairs and for subtly mocking my singular state ! |
| 9 | A character affected by the magic in the corridor will turn on another character in the party , the one he likes least , and taunt him for D4 rounds . |
| 10 | Listen well when he tells us what happened out there to him and respect him for what he has done , and honour him , for at least he has given each of us hope and proof that escape is possible . ’ |
| 11 | Oliver was led away to be locked up , and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work . |
| 12 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 13 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |
| 14 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 15 | Give him a call and ask him for some winners . ’ |
| 16 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 17 | Jeff Beck is a great guitarist and I respect and admire him for his talent , but no more so than an unknown guy down the road who 's also brilliant . |
| 18 | My famous dog Oggie , who has alternately made me hate and love him for 12 years , has passed his tendency for being naughty on to his children . |
| 19 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |
| 20 | That way we can put the donkey in a field at about 11am and leave him for about six hours while people have other entertainment . ’ |
| 21 | so I might have a couple of days off and then I can be with Laddie and take him for walks and everything |
| 22 | They spring into the next lift , catch sight of him again in the lobby , and trail him for miles , on underground trains and buses , out into sparse unfinished housing estates among the vague terrains on the outskirts of the city , elaborating increasingly fantastic and boring explanations of his destination and business , until , mercifully , they lose him , and can return to the dirty bookshops and Chinese restaurants . |
| 23 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 24 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
| 25 | Nevertheless I arranged to drive over to Strondonald the following Saturday afternoon and join him for tea . |
| 26 | When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner . |
| 27 | Come and see him for yourself ! |
| 28 | George would take the credit for all Tom 's successes and blame him for his own failures . |