Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] him for the [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend .
2 Her eyes flew upward , looking at him for the first time .
3 Becky 's dark eyes fixed on him for the first time .
4 ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down .
5 She looked at him for the first time , then lowered her eyes again .
6 Then Riven asked the question that had been gnawing at him for the last day : ‘ What about Murtach ? ’
7 She 'd slaved for him for the last seven year , and before that ever since she was born — eight or nine year was it — at the Old Mint ?
8 Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years .
9 Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department .
10 The boy was standing there , smiling at him for the second time that day .
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