Example sentences of "[was/were] for him [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 2 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 3 | She recognised the lean figure of Richard Blake moving towards the exhibition stand , and the last thing she wanted right now was for him to notice her . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 15 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 16 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 19 | How ready she was for him to fuck her . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 22 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 27 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |