Example sentences of "[noun] for him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since I have been in the Chair , the Chief Secretary has been interrupted so often that there has not been much opportunity for him to do that . |
| 2 | Something unforeseen and urgent had happened , since Sean had obviously known of it yesterday afternoon , and there had been no opportunity for him to inform her . |
| 3 | The submission of the father had been to the effect that the court should leave open the opportunity for him to apply for custody of the children in the divorce proceedings then pending . |
| 4 | The Isle of Man TT races provide an opportunity for him to combine work and pleasure , though this year will be the last he attends the event . |
| 5 | The relevant sections state that ‘ it is a defence for him to prove that the failure arose from circumstances beyond his control . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 7 | We had gone to the Council Offices to obtain permission for him to take it with him . |
| 8 | Now Whitaker must concentrate on an Olympic challenge with the charismatic grey , as Mr and Mrs Bradley , who would not let him go to Seoul , have given permission for him to compete in Barcelona . |
| 9 | There 's talk of setting up an advisory board for him to consult . |
| 10 | In order to make the plaintiff 's task easier , the Act makes provision for him to sue own-branders , suppliers and importers in certain circumstances . |
| 11 | Mr Dane ( 49 ) of Mountsandel Road is seeking an injunction allowing immediate reinstatement to his post and provision for him to care for his private patients . |
| 12 | And a loathing for him seized her . |
| 13 | There was no way that Émile could get in contact with me without Jean-Claude 's knowledge , and there was no legit-imate excuse for him to do so openly . |
| 14 | This is just an excuse for him to walk |
| 15 | When she came back from a date with the Prince she would be full of sympathy for him uttering phrases like ‘ they work him too hard ’ or ‘ it 's appalling the way they push him around . ’ |
| 16 | It 'll make a change for him to cook in the open instead of the kitchen . ’ |
| 17 | It was a change for him to evince curiosity . |
| 18 | Perhaps this surrender to the invading power of God 's Spirit , this willingness for him to take us and break us and use us , IS one of the prime lessons which the charismatic movement throughout the churches is teaching us at the present time . |
| 19 | There are NO plans for him to return to Coney Hill . |
| 20 | But if she 'd been frank from the outset and had admitted to him that she 'd been sent by his stepmother with the plea for him to visit her the result would have been short and sharp . |
| 21 | His name was a plea for him to take control and end this before it began . |
| 22 | IGNORED our plea for him to address the ‘ Southgate Semiotics Society ’ — a body ‘ concerned with discussing the most poignant examples of what we believe to be ironic , individualist/regionalist and deconstructionist English . ’ |
| 23 | The parents of an art student who disappeared in the middle of his exams , have made an emotional plea for him to come home . |
| 24 | On 22 April the American Relief Administration wanted to clear a shipment to Patriarch Tikhon for him to distribute at his discretion . |
| 25 | No king , no throne for him to sit on — ‘ Now you are the dreamer . ’ |
| 26 | Annie could n't be bothered to spell out his response for him to become aware of . |
| 27 | As he was the only able-bodied man on the farm , it was a constant struggle for him to make the mortgage payments . |
| 28 | Six weeks later , I wait three hours for him to appear only to be completely blown out . |
| 29 | Master would laugh and throw sticks for him to fetch and they 'd wrestle and run and leap and chase and , for a little while at least , he would be free . |
| 30 | Perhaps she was still too much like Miss Harker and her kind for him to feel comfortable . |