Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] for him [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Seve finished second to Johnny Miller and after that I caddied for him until the end of 1979 .
2 Here 's what I wrote in the obituary I did for him in The Guardian :
3 Now I supported Prescott , I must say I voted for him for the er for deputy leader , right , but I think he 's wrong , right , on this particular issue , this compromise that he 's floating and I think it should be dropped .
4 I waited for him for an hour , outside his half-built apartment building .
5 The conclusive Senate vote was scheduled for Oct. 8 , but had to be delayed for seven days following revelation of new evidence from Anita Hill , 35 , a black University of Oklahoma teacher of law , who alleged that Thomas had subjected her to sexual harassment with explicit , pornographic suggestions when she worked for him at the Department of Education and the EEOC in the early 1980s .
6 ‘ I know very little about her , although she worked for him in the war too .
7 You looked for him in the Green Room , but found only his jacket .
8 She looked for him in the oven , the fridge , the wicker basket that held wastepaper beside her desk .
9 Determined not to let him keep the advantage , she bundled the unwanted attraction she felt for him into a cupboard and locked the door on it , before retorting sweetly , ‘ Well , as your invitation was so pressing , I thought I might as well take full advantage of it . ’
10 ‘ Ah , David , ’ said Julia , sighing as she waited for him on the pavement .
11 He chattered at her , sleepy and indignant as she dived for him among the dirty linen , the old letters , a moth-eaten scarf .
12 We called for him in a taxi at Faber 's , Margaret waiting inside the vehicle .
13 He held his hands up and admitted an error and we felt for him on the night .
14 After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain .
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