Example sentences of "it [was/were] for him [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he went and told them how necessary it was for him to go to Canada , in the interests of the firm . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 5 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 6 | He leaned forward , smiling , playing the perfect host , knowing how important it was for him to win these young men over . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Similarly , directors have noted how rare it was for him to bring his natural rage into play on screen . |
| 9 | He avoided her glance , and she saw how difficult it was for him to admit to weakness . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Most meal-times took an hour or more but she had realized how important it was for him to eat . |