Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [adv] [adj] for he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was really happy for him because now he 'd answered the question , ‘ Could he win a major ? ’ |
| 2 | It was just after I found I was pregnant , but I was so pleased for him , and for myself , I did not fret . |
| 3 | I was so lonely for him I could almost have believed that he did , though I know I must n't . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I was very pleased for him but I was actually quite upset as well . |
| 5 | For a moment he was taken aback as he realised she was so sorry for him she was arranging a date . |
| 6 | Although the first hurdle had been passed , she was still anxious for him to go . |
| 7 | But it seemed to Thomas that she was too doughty for him , somehow , and the hat finished it . |
| 8 | She was too good for him . |
| 9 | She had her faults but she was too good for him , and what sort of father would he have made for my kids ? ’ |
| 10 | She was too old for him , it was true , but at least she was there . |
| 11 | It never would , she was too sophisticated for him , and he was too clever for her . |
| 12 | Within this simple framework of social resentment it was soon possible for him to nurture an obsessive anti-Semitism , which seems at first to have no specific origin in his emotional experience . |
| 13 | If it was hard for Mauve to guide him , it was equally hard for him to be guided ‘ strictly ’ . |
| 14 | It was clearly impossible for him to stay on in the studio . |
| 15 | It was also important for him because he believed that matriliny , the reckoning of group membership in terms of who one 's mother was , was associated with a high status for women . |
| 16 | Froissart suggests that Edward intervened in Brittany merely to distract Philip , and there may be something in this ; but it was also important for him to protect the sea route from England to Aquitaine around the Finistère peninsula , and above all the allegiance of the Duke of Brittany would be a great prize in Edward 's campaign to undermine Philip VI 's authority in France . |
| 17 | There 'd been some snow , and erm er he was n't well , and could I if I cared I could look for a work elsewhere , as i it was just impossible for him to pay wages , you see ? |
| 18 | It was pretty good for him to be noticed by me as I was far more impressed with WBA than Wolves — no wonder they signed Geoff Thomas , they play more long balls than C Palace ! |
| 19 | His legs were beginning to get twitchy and fidgety , the way they always did when it was particularly important for him to keep them under control . |
| 20 | The casket had been specially made to the measurements of Osiris and when it was his turn to get inside it was exactly right for him . |
| 21 | He also loved jazz though it was often difficult for him to get into the clubs because when he started he was only 15 . |
| 22 | After all , it was quite natural for him to think she admired him . |
| 23 | And why did he do it when it was perfectly possible for him to have experimented on any cadaver purchased by him for his medical academy ? |
| 24 | At last , with Greg 's help , they managed to get him on to a stretcher to which he was firmly secured with nylon strapping so that it was virtually impossible for him to move , then the stretcher was carefully lifted down from the jig and into the waiting ambulance . |
| 25 | But mind you , according to some people it was virtually impossible for him to beget any bastards , but still . |
| 26 | That afternoon he saw the King , who tried to dissuade him , but , as lying George V recorded it : ‘ He assured me that it was absolutely necessary for him to appeal to the Country as he had gone so far that it was not possible for him to change his mind . ’ ’ |
| 27 | I thought it was so strange for him not to mention her anywhere else . |
| 28 | It was so unusual for him to contribute anything to the conversation that Paula glanced at him in surprise . |
| 29 | Rossmayne was n't sure why it was so important for him to stay on Dartmoor as long as possible , but it was . |
| 30 | Later , however , he came to realize that it was more accurate for him to say Truth is God than it was to say God is Truth . |