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 . |