Example sentences of "[vb pp] him for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 32 | Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later . |
| 33 | His background hardly prepared him for a life of elegant luxury as a film star or obedience to the star system . |
| 34 | He says sex education at school is useless and has n't prepared him for what to expect . |
| 35 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 36 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 37 | Nothing could have prepared him for its response . |
| 38 | It seemed that his final revelation had soothed him , prepared him for death . |
| 39 | Again , Karr had prepared him for this . |
| 40 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 41 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 42 | Ronnie is just glad it 's all over , and aware that his past acting career had prepared him for his ordeal . |
| 43 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 44 | His passionate compression , luxuriant sound , and eclectic mixture of Anglo-Saxon , Latinate , and Celtic diction have made him for many readers both the greatest of Victorians and the first of the moderns . |
| 45 | Both districts selected him for their under-21 practice matches in January , but the youngster , who played for Ayr while he was still at Kyle Academy , opted for his home district , Glasgow . |
| 46 | I have n't seen him for months . ’ |
| 47 | Mind you , I have n't seen him for sixteen years . |
| 48 | He had n't seen him for years but knew of his bass playing . |
| 49 | He looked happier than I had seen him for weeks and there was colour in his cheeks . |
| 50 | I had not been thinking about him , I had not even seen him for months . |
| 51 | ‘ Have n't seen him for years . ’ |
| 52 | I have n't seen him for so long . |
| 53 | He was buoyant today , but also edgy and more authoritative than I 'd seen him for ages , when mostly he 'd been gloomy and sulky . |
| 54 | Dalgliesh had n't seen him for more than ten years when he had been a newly appointed inspector in the Metropolitan CID and was surprised to see how little he had changed ; time , marriage , removal from London , promotion , had left no apparent mark on him . |
| 55 | It was great because Steve Marriott was on it as well and I had n't seen him for a couple of years . |
| 56 | She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ . |
| 57 | Not seen him for months . |
| 58 | She had n't seen him for nearly three months and she was struck anew by his good looks . |
| 59 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 60 | I 've not seen him for twenty years . |