Example sentences of "him for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the former case the plaintiff will have a capital asset in his hands , and he is only entitled to recover damages to compensate him for the additional expenditure involved . |
| 2 | Had n't he understood that she had given herself to him for the only reason that made any sense to her . |
| 3 | ‘ You dropped him for the Prime Minister . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Which must mean that , regardless of the fact that he 's so wound up over you he ca n't think straight , you 're only playing around with him for the pure hell of it . ’ |
| 5 | Mr Kinnock staggers under the additional handicap of having no ministerial experience which would equip him for the supreme office to which he aspires . |
| 6 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 7 | I got off with Andrew but that 's all a p only a who I get off with him and I do n't fancy him , I know I do n't want to go out with him I just fancy him for the occasional snog , fair enough but I 'm just saying like you know you fancy |
| 8 | His father had named him for the Mughal Babur , a conqueror , a hard drinking , hard riding Turk who loved poetry , laughter and gardens . |
| 9 | Though he knew the press would be sending a photographer to take a picture of him for the financial pages of the newspaper , he suspected that their main interest was in Hank . |
| 10 | Yet , I am not writing about him for the above reasons , it 's rather on account of an unlikely weakness of his than for one of his many strengths . |
| 11 | It was full of pieces of paper , which he dropped behind him for the other boys to follow . |
| 12 | It was an experience which steeled him for the future task of having as many as a dozen major country houses under construction in any one year . |
| 13 | ‘ We do n't want to rush Mick because it 's a long season and we need him for the long haul . |
| 14 | On another occasion his reference to the duty of the Old Testament prophets to denounce God 's judgements to the King and Court was reported to James II , who sent for him and reproached him for the controversial bitterness with which he had spoken . |
| 15 | I KNEW of Doctor Ladislav Mareda through British friends who had worked with him for the English-language section of Prague radio until the crushing of the Prague Spring in 1968 . |
| 16 | Fraulein Winkelmann told him for the Good God 's sake to get the papers fast , and Bruno went away and came back and pointed the Luger yet again . |
| 17 | In all such cases the plaintiff is entitled to damages to compensate him for the lost benefit . |
| 18 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 19 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
| 20 | But he says the payout ca n't begin to compensate him for the devastating effect the accident has had on his life . |
| 21 | Hill 's ban ended in time for the 1987 World Cup but Bristol 's Richard Harding , who replaced him for the final Five Nations match — a stirring victory over Scotland — was first-choice in Australia and Hill 's last game for two years was against the United States . |
| 22 | Britain 's golden boy who lost his shine when newcomer David Grindley beat him for the final place in today 's 400 metres final is ready to take a year off from the track if it means he can beat the trouble . |
| 23 | The German and American had crossed swords on and off the track throughout 1990 and it seemed as if Bradl needed Kocinski 's ‘ presence ’ to inspire him for the final showdown . |
| 24 | Oh , poor Travis , Leith thought , her sympathies going out to him for the terrible time he was having . |
| 25 | In 1984 " Union Jack " Hayward received £50,000 to console him for the untrue allegation that he was involved in a murder plot . |
| 26 | Lacking any financial acumen , he ran into difficulties with the Inland Revenue which filed a bankruptcy petition against him for the unpaid tax on his ring earnings : the order was for over £17 000 . |
| 27 | The process did n't perturb him for the simple reason that it did n't repel Willie . |
| 28 | It was a move that clearly suited him for the following season he was picked for the county squad . |
| 29 | The other gentleman to whom I referred , Mr. Williams , was deported some little while ago , it being cheaper to deport him than prosecute him for the gross fraud that he has perpetrated against the United Kingdom . |
| 30 | Is my right hon. Friend aware that I am extremely grateful to him for the wise decision to retain the St. |