Example sentences of "for the [noun] [conj] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The IM reached for the telephone that linked him by direct line to Bacton . |
| 2 | It was not a magical experience , enabling him to go without food for the rest of his flight , but it was a meal for the spirit that kept him nourished and firm in his intention until he reached Horeb the mountain of God ( 1 Kings 19:1–8 ) . |
| 3 | Ironically , it was the Government which he partly blamed for the affair that gave him the chance to return to work after retirement . |
| 4 | It is when she feels compassion , rather than revulsion , for the salamander and kisses him that the spell breaks . |
| 5 | It is important to remember that it was Alexander 's all-consuming passion for the theatre that gave him the determination to find out the cause of his hoarseness . |
| 6 | He still does n't know the exact reason for the problem that kept him in care for a week — more tests are planned at the end of next month — and which has prevented him from going back to Stamford Bridge , where his coaching has transformed the fortunes of London 's Cinderella club . |
| 7 | Nowadays , parental responsibility may be viewed in the same light for school attendance as for child care generally , namely : ‘ the duty to care for the child and to raise him to moral , physical and emotional health … the fundamental task of parenthood and the only justification for the authority it confers ’ . |
| 8 | But his explanation for the lie that cost him his job failed to convince an industrial tribunal which rejected his claim for unfair dismissal . |
| 9 | However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs : |
| 10 | ‘ I thought he was perfect for the story and sent him a script with about as much hope as those who put messages in bottles and toss them in the ocean . ’ |
| 11 | But at the age of eighteen he was wholly unprepared for the terrors that awaited him . |
| 12 | It served a dual purpose ; it provided him with lots of material for the classroom and enabled him to discuss his ideas with colleagues from a wide variety of schools . |
| 13 | She apologized for the muddle and ushered him into the living-room . |
| 14 | There was no malice in Bones , only infinite good nature , a clumsy hope to please , a passing affection for the hand that fed him . |
| 15 | STEPHEN HENDRY continues to walk a tightrope between success and failure as he strives for the form that made him world champion just ten months ago . |
| 16 | And that was the poor old man he was just just about away so they sent for the ambulance and took him down to Forfar to They used to call that the poor house , I do n't know what they call it now but it was the poor house in those |
| 17 | The moneylenders then looked to Sim for the cash and threatened him and his family . |
| 18 | I 'll get Miller to draft a statement for the media and tell him to clear it with you before release . ’ |