Example sentences of "[prep] him for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We stood and stared after him for a few seconds , then one of the mortar team behind me remarked . |
| 2 | His cutaway heel is world-class stuff , and with a patent in the pipeline I can think of a number of major manufacturers who 'll be after him for a slice of the licensing action . |
| 3 | ‘ I was assigned to look after him for a while , ’ Harvey answered . |
| 4 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 5 | The probation found a little stray dog called Benjy for me and I looked after him for a little while , but my money kept on going down and down and down . |
| 6 | Dora glared after him for a few seconds before turning away and striding across the garden towards the orchard . |
| 7 | I looked after him for a few days before he died . ’ |
| 8 | Dana stared after him for a moment , then turned a malevolent glare on Claudia . |
| 9 | I remember at the time Wilko saying how he though Kerslake was an excellent buy , and how he 'd been after him for a long time . |
| 10 | been round there once or twice after him for a different thing . |
| 11 | Endill did not know what he meant by this and ran after him for an explanation . |
| 12 | But Kirk 's reputation went ahead of him for a few years to come . |
| 13 | Whereupon I fell about in my chair at this with an effective simulacrum of sycophancy , then matadored the old charm around in front of him for a few minutes , and before you could say fundador Walt was on his knees begging me for the coup de grâce . |
| 14 | When he 'd said he 'd seen Stephen at the funeral she 'd felt afraid of him for a moment . |
| 15 | He could fly all day long and all night long if he wanted , but I wanted him to get 100 hours at night and I felt that despite his enthusiasm I would like to he shot of him for a period . |
| 16 | I told him I had learnt how to fight against him for a start . |
| 17 | He held her against him for a moment . |
| 18 | The current state of Preston 's finances put taxi rides across London among the long list of temptations he would have to put behind him for a while . |
| 19 | He stoked the fire so that it flared , then reached behind him for a pouch of thin leather which contained charred bones . |
| 20 | ‘ I went out with him for a year and a half , ’ she replies . |
| 21 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 22 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 23 | Later , Baxter 's father and step-mother also came to live with him for a time . |
| 24 | I think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 25 | The children skipped along with him for a few yards and he saw how beguiling their faces were , the large dark eyes , the straggle of thick black hair , the earnest looks of desperate innocence . |
| 26 | Many remonstrated with him for a howling storm was raging outside , it was night and the journey was a dangerous one . |
| 27 | Johnson wrote to him in December 1987 , pleading with him for a meeting to settle the matter quietly to avoid lurid publicity in the mass media , and prevent damage to the church 's work with homeless people . |
| 28 | Theo was about to travel from The Hague to Etten , en route for a new post in Paris , and Vincent pressed him to ‘ leave the train ’ on the second leg of his journey and stay with him for a day or two . |
| 29 | He had taken the Thompson with him for a practical demonstration and afterwards had not had an opportunity to exchange it for the army 's normal issue Sterling gun . |
| 30 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |