Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] for him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herluin advanced upon the altar very slowly , as though these few paces , and the climbing of the three steps , must be utilized to the full for prayer , and passionate concentration on this single effort which would make or break for him a dear ambition . |
| 2 | He said , ‘ We can tempt him , or wait for him to tempt us , or leave . |
| 3 | Where the man was , gone or waiting for him behind the next tree , he had no idea . |
| 4 | No doubt everyone in Mouncy Street knew what he had bought and had been looking or waiting for him to find out . |
| 5 | The most striking feature of the revolution of 1326–7 is the unwillingness of anyone apart from Edward 's immediate circle of friends to stand by him or to fight for him . |
| 6 | For all his ego and vanity , even Florian has never for a moment imagined that I felt any sort of lust or love for him , although he also has no idea just how selfish and immature I do find him outside a broadcasting studio . |
| 7 | And Mr Malik , who generally left the school , adopted such a histrionic attitude that it was often difficult to tell whether he was praising God or auditioning for him . |
| 8 | That sort of compartmentalization has been roundly denounced by Bob Jones University and those sections of American fundamentalism with which Paisley is most at home but we will never know if his religio-political system would permit such pragmatism because the constitutional issue so overrides everything else in Northern Ireland that there is no expectation or need for him to work with conservative Catholics . |
| 9 | If he thinks recovery for emotional injury is unjust , he will have made the future less unjust in the only way that counts for him : fewer people will suffer the injustice of being made to compensate for this sort of injury , which is better than more people suffering that injustice . |
| 10 | A number than went for him and it was then Mr Johnson brandished a kitchen knife . |
| 11 | Rudakov knew the pitfalls , knew of the knives that waited for him . |
| 12 | Except that the flame was deep inside , in a place that longed for him in a way she had never felt before . |
| 13 | So all that remained for him to do was to demonstrate that Lucy 's organ of Amativeness was extraordinarily well developed . |
| 14 | It is clear that for Roy at any rate his philosophy for life is one that works for him . |
| 15 | " I made that excuse for him last year when he 'd been with us six months . |
| 16 | I conceive of Kant as one saddened by Hume 's cold logic that destroyed for him the laws of causation in the physical world . |
| 17 | ’ A greater awareness , a greater love of life , really , he seems to respond to people , to his environment and to the people that care for him in particular . |
| 18 | His mental rhythm is characterized by a demand for endless repetition of the same event or events , and change for him means essentially some abrupt transformation . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Two days before the hearing , she reversed her decision and asked for him back . |
| 21 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 22 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 23 | The club are thinking about him and rooting for him . ’ |
| 24 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 25 | Or come and send for him , h he what has to be in the yard , the blacksmith has to look thirty to forty horses their blacksmith has to look round every one of them . |
| 26 | The shop owner gives him to a little girl who needs him and cares for him . |
| 27 | So he is not particularly after a physical relationship , but someone who loves and cares for him alone , Miranda , however , thinks his reason is that ‘ his pleasure is keeping me prisoner . |
| 28 | Perhaps she would say : ‘ Jack is not at home , but you are welcome to come in and wait for him . |
| 29 | I 'll go down and wait for him , so he wo n't have to ring " |
| 30 | I could sit back and wait for him to break through media censorship . |