Example sentences of "be for him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 32 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 33 | Luke Calder was used to getting what he wanted from life , and the last thing she needed was for him to turn his sights on to her , even though it might only be to put her back in her place ! |
| 34 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 35 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 36 | Baldwin answered with commendable frankness : what lie wanted , what he thought the King himself wanted , was for him to go , if he had to , as quietly as possible , and thereby to make things easier for his successor . |
| 37 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 38 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 39 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 40 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 41 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 42 | So he said I I do n't want to keep you , and I I could see what struggle it was for him to come a er so often in the bad weather , that er I I started the same idea . |
| 43 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 44 | How ready she was for him to fuck her . |
| 45 | In fact , Galileo 's Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina ( 1615 ) shows how difficult it was for him to pursue such an argument , even had he wished . |
| 46 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 47 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 48 | She told herself later that she could n't have been expected to remember what a knife-edge he lived on , how hard it was for him to trust anyone . |
| 49 | All I did n't want to happen was for him to become violent , which I did n't think was ever on the cards . |
| 50 | Like Herbert , however , he suffered from ‘ aguish distempers ’ ; his doctor advised that the only chance of saving his life was for him to travel overseas in order to escape from the Cambridge climate and as a respite from his studies . |
| 51 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 52 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |