Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] for him [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had supported them all their lives and what had they ever done for him except wait for him to die ? |
| 2 | Back in Ockleton 's rooms at Breakspear , seated by a roaring fire and sipping finer port than he could ever recall tasting , he had asked Ockleton to explain his reaction earlier to Harry 's revelation that Alan Dysart had once worked for him in Swindon . |
| 3 | The landowner 's agent may also act for him in negotiations with conservationists and engineers to secure the parcels of riverside land required for habitat protection and enhancement . |
| 4 | But back to Worcestershire , where Moody got two early Championship hundreds in a summer so far restricted for him by shin and ankle-ligament problems : where the worries over Dilley 's Achilles tendon and knee wo n't go away ; where Hick 's form remains enigmatic ; where left-hander Adam Seymour , the Millfield boy who switched from Essex — at appeared an astute and logical career move for him — has so far failed to make an impact on the banks of the Severn . |
| 5 | On 12 October 1738 , as ‘ B.B. Philo Physiologiae ’ , he issued proposals in the Daily Advertiser for subscribers to this work which was then printed for him by Godfrey Smith in ten volumes , plus plates , between 1738 and 1741 , under the title of Memoirs of the Royal Society ; being a new Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions for the years 1665 to 1735 . |
| 6 | Marcus was in shirt sleeves , looking rather more dandyish in a clean shirt , indeed a new shirt , evidently bought for him by Irina . |
| 7 | In 1912 the same principle was reaffirmed to W. A. S. Hewins by Bonar Law , in a letter that was actually drafted for him by Steel-Maitland : " If a constituency definitely refuses to accept a candidate , even if the Central Office wish them to do so , they can not be forced to take action against their will . |
| 8 | I never buy I never buy for him in Marks 's . |