Example sentences of "he [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Call him on for appointments . |
| 2 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
| 3 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 4 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll keep him in for observation just for tonight . |
| 6 | But at this second exhibition Flatpattern 's ex-wife , who has been trying to track him down for alimony , appears , denounces him and the syndicate and mayhem breaks out . |
| 7 | If we examine God not as protagonist and moral bully but as author of this story , we have to mark him down for plot , motivation , suspense and characterisation . |
| 8 | ‘ Put him down for x-ray , Sister , and we 'll see . ’ |
| 9 | Got him down for Harrow after that , and if he does n't get in , Redfern Park . |
| 10 | I 've been trying to pin him down for weeks . ’ |
| 11 | To the Queen , Cranmer was not only detestable as a heretic but odious as the man who had arranged her mother 's divorce ; he had however been legally consecrated as Archbishop by order of the pope , and only the Pope could hand him over for judgement and punishment by the civil power . |
| 12 | If Blackberry and he had driven the stranger across the field by force , he could have handed him over for safe-keeping to Bigwig or Silver . |
| 13 | They had no available extended family : there were Potters scattered about North Yorkshire who had not been seen since Bill 's Congregationalist parents had cast him off for unbelief . |
| 14 | His looks , his temperament , his background — even his name marked him off for ridicule . |
| 15 | She 's been putting him off for years . |
| 16 | People call him up for art advice from all over the world . |
| 17 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 18 | Charlie was sensitive about having false teeth at thirty — why had n't all that wartime milk and orange juice set him up for life as it had his contemporaries ? — but he did n't mind Jack knowing . |
| 19 | While she measured him up for size , her fingers trailed the tape measure precariously into his crotch . |
| 20 | The old fear lurked at the back of his mind : suppose Lorton had set him up for Newley 's murder ? |
| 21 | Chop him up for firewood , |
| 22 | Trainer Francois Doumen said last night : ‘ The challenge is to bring him back for Gold Cup day in the same shape he was for Kempton . |
| 23 | After he 'd taken out the bread , I took him back for lunch and he rested as usual in the afternoon , lying on his bed and listening to the radio . |
| 24 | ‘ He had three years with John Edwards , but we bought him back for 5,600gns a year last June and he will be with me for the rest of his days . ’ |
| 25 | Burton was so elated at his tough bargaining that he took a rare taxi back to Pelham Crescent , where he met his neighbour , Emlyn Williams , who winkled the details out of him and sent him back for £30 . |
| 26 | We sold him for £100,000 to race in America and bought him back for £25,000 when he did nothing over there . |
| 27 | He said : ‘ The lad is torn politically because while their president is happy to let us have him on trial , the trainer wants him back for matches . |
| 28 | His owner , Jack McKillen , 62 , was told he could have him back for £500 . |
| 29 | Thatcher reportedly singled him out for promotion when he was honest enough to tell her that backbenchers were uneasy about the state of the economy : like the young George Washington , he trembled , but could not tell a lie . |
| 30 | Among the celebs busting to catch a glimpse of Nick 's end-of-the-pier nostalgia show were CLING POPPIE , JOHN from the NED 'S , SUEDE drummer SIMON , PAVEMENT , SEAN HUGHES ( cor , have n't seen him out for ages ) , ALAN and DAVE from the ROCKING BIRDS ( Hey ! |