Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to him for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The widespread influence of Kerschensteiner ensured that reformers referred to him for guidance on the matter . |
| 2 | He resented the assertion of Aquitainian authority coming hard on the heels of the Grandmont meeting and when Count William turned to him for help he responded by raiding the Vexin to draw Henry back north . |
| 3 | The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke 's election would scare off tourism and outside investors . |
| 4 | He also had 6½d a day allowed to him for lunches at work and demanded that 1/1d a week be spent on ‘ relishes ’ for his breakfast and tea — usually consisting of an egg , a piece of bacon , or fish . |
| 5 | In the modern age he is expected to lead and the people look to him for solutions to their problems , but the chances of his being allowed to do what he needs to do are negligible . |
| 6 | Sooner or later every Stevenson bill came to him for discount ; and every foreign transaction went via him . |
| 7 | But he knew that the other Beastline creatures looked to him for guidance , and he had accepted the leadership they imposed on him , for he knew that there must always be those who govern and those who serve . |
| 8 | First , he had failed to do what he ought to have done when Bishop of Durham to discipline the ritualists in the parish of St Mary 's Tyne Dock , although some of the parishioners appealed to him for protection against illegal practices and ornaments of a Romish character . |