Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] to him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 2 | And I said to him for God 's sake stop bloody well moaning cos we 've all got ta muck in ! |
| 3 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 4 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 5 | The organist and I finished more or less together and I turned to him for reassurance as I announced my next song : ‘ And now , ‘ ’ Summer Time' ’ . ' |
| 6 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 7 | Mr David Bernstein was not the subject of investigation or prosecution and we apologize to him for our error . |
| 8 | But you wo n't be able to make any decision while you cling to him for fear of other men . |