Example sentences of "[v-ing] for him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Christien knows Tony and Tracey and mum Sheila will be rooting for him on Monday night when the series starts . |
| 3 | Liam complained that he had plenty to do with the new shop opening for him to be running around after doctors — ‘ just because a couple of kiddies are sick ’ . |
| 4 | He was retained by the king as one of his serjeants between 1287 and 1293 and is to be found acting for him in the 1287 Gloucestershire eyre and in the northern circuit eyres of 1292–3 as well as in the Common Bench and in the Exchequer . |
| 5 | One day her mother came looking for him with a great heavy umbrella in her hand . |
| 6 | They 're looking for him on the moors . ’ |
| 7 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 8 | Poor Bill ! all day looking for him at home . |
| 9 | Nobody would think of looking for him in the Channel Islands . |
| 10 | When he and Poins scatter Falstaff and his robber band they speak verse to each other at the end of the scene ( II.ii.104ff. ) , and as soon as Falstaff has gone into hiding Hal addresses the Sheriff searching for him in verse ( II.iv.506 ) . |
| 11 | It was an hour before he was discovered missing and we spent the rest of the afternoon searching for him in the woods and plains surrounding the house . |
| 12 | With the baby , he was gentleness itself , playing with him and caring for him with true devotion . |
| 13 | After caring for him at weekends , Julie has been allowed to have Daniel back home in Brierfield near Burnley , Lancs . |
| 14 | As a result , a patient can relate to one group of staff during the waking hours , and knows that the same staff will be caring for him during the night period . |
| 15 | His parents and doctors caring for him in hospital faced lengthy court battles before winning the go-ahead from Law Lords to have his feeding tube disconnected earlier this year . |
| 16 | ‘ Why jeopardize what he had going for him by getting greedy ? |
| 17 | With Alan Leonard leading for him in the pairs semi-final , Graham got off to a 6-0 lead after five ends but Talbot and Nutt came storming back to open a 12-8 lead after 15 ends and after that never really looked like losing . |
| 18 | I would be waiting for him outside the room and would suggest that he too withdraw a minor claim ; then add a new demand . |
| 19 | After he opened in Twelfth Night , Arthur was hissed by a crowd of women waiting for him outside the stage door . |
| 20 | He went out of the bedroom and down the stairs to the hallway where Matilda Jenkins was waiting for him with her hand out . |
| 21 | Sammy was yapping and jumping up and down , waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 22 | Tom was waiting for him at the bottom . |
| 23 | Georgi Kirov was waiting for him at the appointed place and time . |
| 24 | ‘ Your man 's a faceless pig to most people out on the streets , ’ said Hogan nastily , as Cowley led the way through the swing doors of the Ministry building , and hurried towards his chauffeur driven car , waiting for him at the bottom of the steps . |
| 25 | And , on his way to meet the Prime Minister , Mr Delors bumped his head on the car waiting for him at Heathrow . |
| 26 | They would be waiting for him at the train 's next scheduled stop , the guard would see to that . |
| 27 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 28 | They were all waiting for him at home now , he knew , in the olive grove , where the snails would be out crawling in the rain . |
| 29 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
| 30 | But they 're waiting for him at the telecottage , a converted school which is due to run out of HIE and BT funding soon and is aiming to become a profitable business , specialising in desk-top publishing , graphic design and printing . |