Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] for him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too . |
| 2 | And I worked for him for five pound a day because we needed the money . |
| 3 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 4 | He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night . |
| 5 | Pasternak was apparently impressed ; far lesser actors than Nicholson would eventually become began their careers by similar bravado , and he arranged for him to be tested . |
| 6 | But everything changed for him on 12 June 1989 when he eventually came to . |
| 7 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 8 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 9 | He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf . |
| 10 | He was never found , though they searched for him on elephants while we returned to the palace . |