Example sentences of "[adj] it be for him [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 3 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 4 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 7 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 8 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |