Example sentences of "a [noun] for him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It should not be so difficult a decision for him in the best interests of an organisation in which he believes and for which I know he has worked so hard . ’ |
| 3 | In 1696 Lowther of Lowther , tired of contesting elections , employed his cousin to seek a viscountcy for him from the king . |
| 4 | A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival . |
| 5 | I have served a place for him at the head of the queue to buy shares in the privatised NIE . |
| 6 | The past rejections he had been able to live with ; there was always the hope that one day , sooner or later , there would be a vacancy for him within the Russian Space Programme . |
| 7 | Ponteus Pilot should be a banker for him in the Members race , and his other prospects include Seven of Diamonds in the Open . |
| 8 | He felt as though there were a space for him in the universe , and he exactly filled it . |
| 9 | Could there be a warning for him in the circumstances of Tubby 's decline ? |
| 10 | By mid-morning Leon Kennedy had not arrived down so Rosen left a letter for him on the hall table and returned to London . |
| 11 | Ferdinando surprised her by having someone write a letter for him towards the end of March which made it plain that Mrs Browning had fared no better in Rome than in Siena and was very ill . |
| 12 | Evening after evening passed by without Annie the postmistress finding a letter for him in the grey bag the mail van brought in . |
| 13 | She flirted outrageously , promising that she would secure an interview for him with the Queen but she always seemed to fail . |
| 14 | The distinctive moods of the rich and various landscapes which crowded near to Stowey were becoming for Coleridge almost a reflex of his own moods and thoughts — the broad uplands of the Quantock Hills a counterpoint to the speculative power of a mind ‘ habituated to the vast ’ , the lowland villages an expression for him of the loving companionship of friends and family , the hidden dell , where the voice of nature sounded in the waterfall , a retreat by turns comforting and mysterious to serve his recurrent longing for escape . |