Example sentences of "[be] [prep] him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He had a house in Gloucestershire and another at Kensington Palace , and staff who had been with him for years , accustomed to his simple and masculine lifestyle and accustomed to ruling it . |
| 3 | To them he gave detailed care now as always : most had been with him for many years . |
| 4 | She was almost the same age as Julius , and had been with him for over ten years . |
| 5 | ‘ And , ’ Claire continued , confirming her misgivings , ‘ his heart is tied up with a woman , one who has been with him for many years now . ’ |
| 6 | He let his house in Chelsea furnished for the year , with the usual proviso that his own staff should remain to run it — he has a housekeeper who has been with him for years , and one daily maid . |
| 7 | ‘ Listen , I 've been with him for nearly three hours , Bern . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Even Frank Dick , the coach close enough to him to be the one he ultimately asked to be with him for his operation , did not have an inkling until the competition in France that Thompson had not high-jumped in training all year . |
| 10 | His line was that he 'd lost contact with Malcolm because he could only stand to be with him for so long at a stretch . |
| 11 | Contrasting Mr Donovan 's distress with that of victims of industrial injury , the judge said : ‘ You should have in mind it is not a case where you are awarding damages for someone who has suffered some physical injuries which will be with him for the rest of his days . |
| 12 | I arranged with Dick that w Bill would be with him for two two and a half hours . |
| 13 | You know he 's twenty two , twenty three years old , you know , you know whatever he 's doing he 's liable to be with him for a few years yet and what can one see |
| 14 | After all , I am paying his salary , and we ca n't afford to be without him for six months . |
| 15 | But er we shall be without him for the next fortnight erm so somebody 'll have to come in and score a few goals for us but often you know , you discover things that erm you never knew were there when you have to fill in gaps that have suddenly arisen . |
| 16 | My dad would say , Stay well away from them , he was always afraid they were after him for all the taxes he had n't paid . |
| 17 | I thought of nothing except the great happiness of being with him for ever . |
| 18 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 19 | ‘ Will anywhere be open this late on Christmas Eve ? ’ she prevaricated , although her heart had leapt instantly at the thought of being with him for a little longer . |
| 20 | The familiar house , the carpeted hall , were before him for the last time . |
| 21 | She 's been at him for years . |
| 22 | Really she 's after him for his money . ’ |
| 23 | Having had a gruesome storm-tossed journey , his first act on landing was to fulfil his vow to travel barefoot to the nearest shrine in thanksgiving for his delivery ; the rheumatism which resulted was with him for the rest of his life — as was the sourness with which he regarded Scotland . |
| 24 | Someone who was with him for himself , not because he was a man of influence and power and wealth . |
| 25 | I was with him for four hours and got nowhere ; I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail . |
| 26 | You went out and about for twelve weeks with your tutor constable , if you like , they call it puppy walking he was the highly trained policeman and I was the new policeman , I was with him for twelve weeks . |
| 27 | And then I was with him for five years till nineteen The same week , nineteen thirty , I took over the business from him in Valley . |
| 28 | The example of Dad Uzzell was before him for the rest of his life . |