Example sentences of "him for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next , surely , he must have thought he was up against a demon intent on destroying him for no reason at all . |
| 2 | Why should he sit there when Abu Salim hit him for no reason ? |
| 3 | This Autumn two victories in smaller races at Auteuil — one over timber , the other over the larger obstacles — readied him for a trip to Newbury for the Hennessy , his first outing in handicap company in Britain . |
| 4 | Owen had taken him for a Sudani because his face was black . |
| 5 | The pub they used to have was patronized by shooting parties in the grouse season and one big businessman was so impressed by Grandad that he offered to take him back with him to train him for a position in his firm . |
| 6 | ‘ So you came to rescue me , ’ she said , teasing him for a change . |
| 7 | His background hardly prepared him for a life of elegant luxury as a film star or obedience to the star system . |
| 8 | Several minutes rock still and the sentries no doubt mistook him for a part of the shore over which the seas were gently breaking . |
| 9 | In his brown canvas boots , faded blue trousers , checked shirt and frayed cap , one might have mistaken him for a man of no consequence instead of a senior member of local government . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A Glasgow friend , Tony Sykes , a great fisherman , at least he kept telling everyone he was , persuaded me against my better judgment to join him for a day 's salmon fishing on the River Ayr at Mauchline . |
| 12 | Theo was about to travel from The Hague to Etten , en route for a new post in Paris , and Vincent pressed him to ‘ leave the train ’ on the second leg of his journey and stay with him for a day or two . |
| 13 | I have n't seen him for a day or two , ’ said the girl , ‘ but he usually comes in about now . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If I speak to Nerina , ’ said Bernard , whose blood pressure was so low there was talk of admitting him for a day or so , ‘ she might lift the curse . |
| 15 | And yesterday he called their refusal to consider him for a factory floor job ‘ pathetic and ridiculous ’ . |
| 16 | He was reminded of the statements of the stableman who had joined him for a drink at the Bull , situated at the end of Cross Street , and of the café owner where he had stopped for a fried breakfast . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Did you ask him for a drink ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 20 | After a time , his doctor friend had seen enough of his extremity and took him for a drink in the airport bar . |
| 21 | One afternoon I summoned up my courage and as casually as I could I invited him for a drink after work that evening . |
| 22 | In the second play , Audience , Ferdinand is called in by the head maltster , played by Freddie Jones , who insists that he joins him for a drink and a chat . |
| 23 | As he cried out , she insisted on taking him for a drive in her car . |
| 24 | Yeah , oh it really knocked him for a burton , you see his , you see Clifford and him , with this boy that 's had their , their , his son that was |
| 25 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 26 | Cameron looked steadily at him for a while until Stewart turned his head with a little toss and swallowed down his wine . |
| 27 | He had been pestering him for a while for stories about the grandparents he had never known . |
| 28 | They were amused by him for a while but he did n't keep his place . |
| 29 | Vincente caddied for him for a while but it was an awkward role for a big brother . |
| 30 | Allott supported him for a while , and at 278 for 7 , with Lamb on 98 , there seemed a chance that the follow-on might be saved . |