Example sentences of "for him [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember how he flew unhesitatingly to Peru to protest openly against the bombing of human rights organisations there — and took the personal decision that it would be , in his carefully chosen words , ‘ inappropriate ’ for him to use the special security protection he was provided with . |
| 2 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 3 | The many different Rocastle transfer rumours ( ‘ ROCKY XVIII : The Move to Derby ’ ) , and appeals for him to take the first-team field . |
| 4 | Chief Inspector Salter was anxious to see him and she had made an appointment for him to see the Chief Superintendent later that day . |
| 5 | ‘ I was telling Sir Henry that it was rather late in the year for him to see the true beauty of the moor . ’ |
| 6 | Carter , on the other hand , not only had big majorities , but was a centrist ideologically — a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative who was also a liberal on civil rights , the environment and education , making it possible for him to straddle the historical division in the Democratic party . |
| 7 | It was long enough for him to persuade the Royal College of Music that his talent was worth taking seriously . |
| 8 | It is therefore difficult for him to appreciate the general view of the Service , that , on his return … he must re-establish his professional standing , even though a few years earlier the Service had sent him to University because he had proved himself to be a good , practical policeman . |
| 9 | He became the contras ' military chief in the mid-1980s , but was ousted from the leadership in February 1990 [ see p. 37236 ] by a number of his fellow commanders who considered his background too tainted by human rights abuses and association with the corruption of the Somoza years for him to negotiate the eventual disbanding and resettlement of the contras [ for which see p. 37450 ] |
| 10 | However , the Vauxhall Sport result , where he was only beaten by the official team Subarus of Richard Burns and Alister McRae and finished ahead of the new Ford Escort Cosworths of Gwyndaf Evans , has provided sufficient encouragement for him to tackle the next round of the Open series , the Pirelli International on April 17/18 . |
| 11 | However , maybe Stalinvast still survived , and the Tormentum Malorum might yet leave the warp in time for him to compel the old woman to send a signal to save the situation . |
| 12 | Hotspur hung back from him , and let him gather himself , waited , indeed , for him to make the first assay , and put it by when it was made with the utmost care and forbearance . |
| 13 | She wanted desperately to reach out to him , but she knew that she had to wait for him to make the first move . |
| 14 | She tried however to pin her thoughts on other matters and , recalling that Ven had only returned to Mariánské Láznë in order to pick up some papers , she realised that , since they were important enough for him to make the four-hour return journey , he must want them to hand over to someone else . |
| 15 | An expatriate Iranian satirist , Hadi Khorsandi , later claimed in fun to have had the ear of Rafsanjani , who told him that his discussions with McFarlane ‘ were meant only for him to practise the English language … all the contacts he had had with Americans over the past year had been made for the purpose of learning irregular verbs . ’ |
| 16 | Since Vic was not a forester , there was no reason for him to follow the quaint ways of the forest . |
| 17 | This gravely restricted Law 's room for manoeuvre and made it impossible for him to accept the only compromise that Asquith could offer . |
| 18 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |