Example sentences of "for him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Britten had written the part for him as the eldest son , Jaffet , which was a treble , ’ said Graham . |
| 2 | I asked Dick if there were any surprises for him about the aircraft and he mentioned that he was pleasantly surprised that this Allison machine ran so smoothly and that the power band was as wide and it was . |
| 3 | for him about the second half saying , you know that he would n't have said this , would n't have said that . |
| 4 | George Knox winning the post for him despite the presence of such strong candidates as Robert Blakewell and Thomas Weaver [ qq.v . ] . |
| 5 | Ferdinando surprised her by having someone write a letter for him towards the end of March which made it plain that Mrs Browning had fared no better in Rome than in Siena and was very ill . |
| 6 | I wo n't offer to meet the ferry — it docks at eight in the morning — but I 'll arrange transport for him to the cottage . |
| 7 | Standing this close to Piers was enough to bring her out in goose-bumps , and she thought , I 'll fight this desperate longing for him to the end . |
| 8 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
| 9 | She 'd slaved for him for the last seven year , and before that ever since she was born — eight or nine year was it — at the Old Mint ? |
| 10 | And then there was all this problem of who was going to pay for him for the rest of his life because he was a vegetable . ’ |
| 11 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |
| 12 | Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped . |
| 13 | She helped him to the kitchen , as that seemed to be the best place for him for the moment , and sat him down at the kitchen table while she went and got a towel . |
| 14 | you ought to see underneath the fridge , he does this in the kitchen and they 've all gone under the fridge , when you 're at the top shop or any other places where the will you have a look on the cards in the window , I 'm looking for a slide , you know , but a smaller one for him for the garden for the summer really , cos that 's just about had it that one ? |
| 15 | Well , he fired a pistol and someone went for him with the blade of a scythe . ’ |
| 16 | When Betjeman failed his Divinity exams at the end of his first year , it would have been open to his tutor to plead for him with the College so that he could resit these comparatively unimportant exams and stay on at the University . |
| 17 | She flirted outrageously , promising that she would secure an interview for him with the Queen but she always seemed to fail . |
| 18 | He fumbled a packet from the pocket of his anorak and I lit one for him with the dashboard lighter . |
| 19 | Mr Forsyth 's support for student loans has ensured little support for him on the campus but , that apart , the student vote seems to be as divided as it is in the wider constituency . |
| 20 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 21 | But he was confronted by an ecstatic welcome from his mother , who was waiting for him on the doorstep . |
| 22 | When he grew up there would always be work for him on the estate . |
| 23 | Sergeant Kidd returned to his patrol car to answer the insistent calls coming through for him on the radio . |
| 24 | He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night . |
| 25 | So he passed over and the trumpets sounded for him on the other side . ’ |
| 26 | By mid-morning Leon Kennedy had not arrived down so Rosen left a letter for him on the hall table and returned to London . |
| 27 | Sylvia agreed to work the streets for him on the understanding he would find out what she wanted to know . |
| 28 | ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement . |
| 29 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 30 | So the next morning she went to Rouen station , and when her son , still wearing a fresh crust of pride and sex , got off the train , she was waiting for him on the platform . |