Example sentences of "have [adv] [vb pp] for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will Serafin show his independence of mind and his refusal to be controlled by his Civil Servants and reject them all , item by item , so that he ends up discovering for himself the colleagues , procedures and methods that Summerchild has already selected for him ? |
| 2 | He smiled at her , but the concern she 'd once felt for him had wholly dissipated . |
| 3 | If they 'd really cared for him , Nigel reasoned , they 'd have stayed . |
| 4 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 5 | Dear lord , when she had so longed for him ! |
| 6 | During the first visit he was in such low spirits he could not bring himself to meet even the faithful Cottle ; during the second , in early April , optimism and humour had sufficiently returned for him to relish a meeting with one especially talkative woman on his homeward walk . |
| 7 | Throckmorton also claimed that Sir Thomas More [ q.v. ] had once sent for him and promised that if he continued ‘ in the same way ’ and was not afraid , he would ‘ deserve great reward from God ’ . |
| 8 | Ms Starnes , who had once worked for him in the news department of WSGN Radio in Birmingham , Alabama , agreed at once that he should cover pending events in Libya for Mutual Radio and promised to get the necessary credentials to him within 48 hours . |
| 9 | Back in Ockleton 's rooms at Breakspear , seated by a roaring fire and sipping finer port than he could ever recall tasting , he had asked Ockleton to explain his reaction earlier to Harry 's revelation that Alan Dysart had once worked for him in Swindon . |
| 10 | The bomb Simon Cormack had been carrying on his person was concealed in the broad leather belt he wore around his waist and which had been given him by his abductors to hold up the denim jeans they had also provided for him . |
| 11 | No doubt Vitor 's amusement was inspired by the revealing view she had unwittingly provided for him , Ashley thought , rattled . |
| 12 | ( Otto had evidently coped for him in the past . ) |
| 13 | According to sources , a bankruptcy order had been made against the former chairman of the Conservative 1922 Committee by the solicitors Denton Hall Burgin and Warrens , who had previously acted for him , and the Inland Revenue petition was automatically dismissed . |
| 14 | He still could not begin to imagine why , as Hitch had told him , Ray Plummer had specifically asked for him to be included . |