Example sentences of "[verb] [was/were] [prep] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two items in the struggle for the liberty of the Church to which Anselm was committed were for him not negotiable either by himself or the successor of the pope who had declared lay investiture and clerical homage to be irreconcilable with the law of the Church . |
| 2 | The classical piece Cale always claimed was in him never emerged , mainly because the showman in him would n't let it go : ‘ there was just so much chaos going on , in my personal and creative life , that I could n't finish … |
| 3 | He could accept rejection , but to be actively disliked was to him a kind of living death . |
| 4 | All the phone calls they received were for him , and Gina never had any mail . |
| 5 | So on 13 and 14 March the best that could be done was for him to give Harwell full details and let them get on with it themselves ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 6 | 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 ! |
| 7 | Having had a gruesome storm-tossed journey , his first act on landing was to fulfil his vow to travel barefoot to the nearest shrine in thanksgiving for his delivery ; the rheumatism which resulted was with him for the rest of his life — as was the sourness with which he regarded Scotland . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 10 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 11 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 12 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |