Example sentences of "[verb] for he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip went back to Richard 's rooms in college to wait for him on this night of undreamt-of triumph , to enjoy it with him , to talk it through . |
| 2 | But , Father , I never meant to kill , when I slipped out alone , and went to wait for him on the path by which I knew he must return . |
| 3 | He had sent her , with Ned and the barmaids and Heaven knew how many others watching , to wait for him in his bed . |
| 4 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 5 | After attempting to speak to his ex-girl friend on the telephone and finding she was out he decided to have another drink , and then started to think about taking some tablets which his GP had prescribed for him at the time when his girl friend had left him . |
| 6 | He remembered their talk together and the bleak picture she had painted for him of her life . |
| 7 | He had a picture in his mind of the layout of passage , stairs and landing , a picture unwittingly painted for him by the man who had retrieved his wallet . |
| 8 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 9 | To offset the charge of inexperience , Reagan 's sponsors arranged for him to be briefed on state issues by specialist advisers . |
| 10 | Halfway down the Haymarket , now quite a distance from Piccadilly Circus , Neil paused , breathless , and afterwards wondered what kind god had arranged for him to be where he was . |
| 11 | David attempted to reassure him , and after he 'd arranged for him to be seen in the casualty department of the local eye unit he asked the factory welfare officer , Louise Raymond , to take him over . |
| 12 | He feared that another show , arranged for him through the Lefevre Gallery , at Durlacher Bros , 11 East 57th Street , New York , would also have to be delayed as by the end of the summer he had not done enough work . |
| 13 | Christien knows Tony and Tracey and mum Sheila will be rooting for him on Monday night when the series starts . |
| 14 | Mother cared for him with a gentleness born out of genuine relief at still having him to care for . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's old enough to have respect for one who cared for him during his teenage years . |
| 16 | Before kiln operator Steve Kelly died at 55 , he asked for help to be given to the team of Macmillan nurses who cared for him in his last months . |
| 17 | After the winner I rode for him at York . ’ |
| 18 | Sandy then asked me if I 'd like to carry for him at Walton Heath for the Cup . |
| 19 | Roberto had written and asked me to carry for him in that year 's Open . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I shall only be able to weep for him at night , after Enid has fallen asleep . |
| 22 | I once specially asked for him to be there and then demanded to know at the rehearsal who was this man sitting with the flutes . |
| 23 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 24 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |
| 25 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 26 | Gatting , back after serving three years of a five-year ban for his part in the rebel tour of South Africa , has unselfishly not forgotten how Gower fought for him to be his understudy in the sub-continent . |
| 27 | After the overthrow of Avitus in 456 Majorian had to use force to bring the Visigoths into line , but thereafter they fought for him against the Sueves in Spain . |
| 28 | Something made for him in the darkness and struck him a violent blow just under the knee . |
| 29 | They 've got all his tablets sorted for him for coming home . |
| 30 | 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 . |