Example sentences of "be [verb] for him by [art] " in BNC.

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1 He was so modest , reticent , and reserved that his paper on his voyage of 1880 , given at the Royal Geographical Society , had to be read for him by the secretary .
2 He was not aware of any post being sought for him by the Government and , if offered one , would have turned it down .
3 The loud calls for the author , by a curious irony , were taken for him by the U.S. ambassador .
4 He has such great familiarity with the keyboard that when it is hidden for him by a cloth spread over it , he plays on this cloth with the same speed and the same precision .
5 His structure is provided for him by the original .
6 They are changed for him by the eagles who come and take him in his sleep to a new world — which Sam , with a resurrected Gandalf in front of him , very nearly perceives as Heaven .
7 Much of McQueen 's acting was done for him by the make-up of Charles Schram , who effectively ages him over his years of solitary confinement .
8 The door was opened for him by a secretary who sat alone in a corner .
9 Dalziel 's car was waiting for him by the exit .
10 By the summer , after a trial period , he was doing well , and the necessary clothing was provided for him by the Union .
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