Example sentences of "[to-vb] he for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal agreed with Wright J. Mr. Tully is in effect saying that if he discloses his dealings with his assets or the moneys of Wessex and Abbey and if he furnishes copies of the documents relating to those dealings he will be providing evidence which may assist the police to prosecute him for the crime of embezzlement . |
| 2 | And upon the way they round a leper , struggling in a quagmire , who cried out to them with a loud voice to help him for the love of God ; and when Rodrigo heard this , he alighted from his beast and helped him , and placed him upon the beast before him , and carried him with him in this manner to the inn where he took up his lodging that night . |
| 3 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 4 | And indeed it was from this time that he began to suffer the kind of serious ill health which was regularly to affect him for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | The repeated attacks of this last disease were to trouble him for the rest of his life . |
| 6 | Already in The Black Riders , though , he has begun to grow up and Violet Needham has begun to equip him for the role of teacher and mentor even as he is still meeting the challenge of danger with the eager opportunism of a boy . |
| 7 | I do n't tell no lie , I was goin' to ask 'im for the loan of a bob so 's I could get to see this bloke that might be puttin' a bit of business in me way . |
| 8 | The 12-year-old hero of Home Alone and My Girl is taking ballet lessons to prepare him for the role of Prince in Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Suite . |
| 9 | This was clearly to prepare him for the task of taking over the captaincy the next summer . |
| 10 | Like if he was hitting something and he accidentally hit his ha his thumb or his finger he used to be in agony for I mean it used to hurt him for the rest of the day . |