Example sentences of "for him [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that it is better to kill the reader with kindness by selecting information for him than to batter him to death in a flurry of factual blows ! |
| 2 | His caresses had urged her to a wild , uninhibited passion she 'd never known she possessed — but it was the love she felt for him that had sent her into such a breathtaking completion . |
| 3 | The giant nanny had unlocked the door for him but kept in the background and gave me no sign of recognition . |
| 4 | I looked for him but did not find him . |
| 5 | He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order . |
| 6 | Well it 's , I mean I feel sorry for him but having said |
| 7 | ‘ You 've done nothing for him except wreck his life . |
| 8 | He had a substitute not only to run for him when batting but also to field for him . |
| 9 | And did he have any men working for him or did he work on his own ? |
| 10 | He does sometimes get into a ‘ delayed ’ mood where he thinks he has more time than he does … the reason for the square/back passes I reckon is noone moves into space for him or looks for it up front . |
| 11 | For that to begin to come about , a challenger would need to attract at least 70 MPs to vote for him or abstain . |
| 12 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 13 | At the one-way door that led back into the station 's tiny foyer and reception area , she stepped aside for him and said , ‘ I hope you find her . ’ |
| 14 | Eight weeks later Dad went home to Hull , took one look at the nice convalescent home we 'd booked for him and said , ‘ I 'm buggered if I 'm staying in here . |
| 15 | The Chief put his head out of the office and called for him and said : ‘ Go with Abu . |
| 16 | spending an , an evening waiting for him and seeing him |
| 17 | Their parting of the ways was a costly exercise for him and left him £20 million poorer after a pali-mony settlement . |
| 18 | ‘ I had worked out what I thought was a good routine for him and had his personal stunt man run through the scene for him , ’ said Cannutt . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The beast , or rather the cloud of smoke , kept lunging at Little Billy , but Swan was too quick for him and jinked away every time . |
| 21 | She was waiting for him and ran across the entrance court to meet him . |
| 22 | ‘ The whole of this club is rooting for him and wishing him well , ’ added the comparatively young Liverpool chairman , who admitted to finding his first year in office ‘ a difficult baptism ’ . |
| 23 | But two weeks later a friend in the motor trade serviced it for him and proclaimed the car to be in sound condition and a good deal . |
| 24 | ‘ That was a dream move for him and meant a big transformation for a lad of his age to suddenly be pitched in with the stars at Liverpool , ’ said England Under-21 boss Lawrie McMenemy . |
| 25 | His abilities impressed A. C. Headlam [ q.v. ] , principal of King 's College , London , who secured lectureships in ecclesiastical history ( 1905–11 ) and patristics ( 1911–18 ) for him and made him sub-editor ( 1903–18 ) and later joint editor ( 1921–7 ) of the Church Quarterly Review . |
| 26 | The simpering sort who would do anything for him and knew how to knock up gourmet dinners in fifteen minutes flat . |
| 27 | Alcuin wrote to Aethelred , probably in 791 , expressing affection for him and urging him to display kindness not cruelty and reason not anger in his deeds , and to speak truth not falsehood , but the sack of Lindisfarne by Vikings in June 793 ( ASC D , s.a. 793 ) provided a shocked and outraged Alcuin with an opportunity to declaim against the evils of Northumbrian society , as he saw them , and the shortcomings of the king himself in a letter to Aethelred and his nobles . |
| 28 | But , generally , Ollie seemed to have been good for him and brought his character out a lot . |
| 29 | Once man has satisfied his basic needs , and has reached a state of equilibrium of contentment , the world opens for him and becomes a cornucopia of delight . |
| 30 | He 's got a gentleman there who makes his meals for him and cleans the house . |