Example sentences of "[be] [noun sg] for him [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Of course it must be agony for him to go shopping for me ( what does he do at the chemist 's ? ) , so I suppose he prefers to get it all over in one go .
2 Indeed , the hard-liners who always argue that monetary stability has to be a higher priority than growth and jobs have claimed that the Chancellor would be irresponsible in not raising taxes as soon as there is scope for him to do so .
3 He 's waitng for him to come back on his bike .
4 He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win .
5 It 's time for him to match his maturity with his golf and realise he 's not going to win every time .
6 Provost John Cunningham admitted that Main had not possessed a commission as watchman and was indeed an extraordinary officer employed only when there was work for him to perform , but there seems little reason to doubt that Main 's removal was intended to serve the political interest of the Haldanes , for his removal was not an isolated case , and , moreover , when the Hamilton salt works resumed operations the excise supervisors did not in fact restore Main to his old post , but appointed an individual named Curinan to the vacancy .
7 There was a strange moment then , when he knew the bastard was still in the room , still watching him , and all he could do was wait for him to leave .
8 It was time for him to leave as well .
9 ‘ I 've been very pleased to meet you , ’ Mother said to the old gentleman , when it was time for him to leave .
10 Soon it was time for him to return and it was arranged that Anne and Sarah who were both free would see him off at the station .
11 It was time for him to take action .
12 There he was provisioned with every known variety of soft drink , and kept virtually incommunicado until it was time for him to travel to Broadcasting House .
13 From long experience he knew the hangover would pass before it was time for him to stalk on stage and rebuke Hamlet for grieving overmuch for his father .
14 I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else .
15 It was time for him to intervene .
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