Example sentences of "[vb infin] for he [prep] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 ‘ I did n't fall for him at once , ’ says Hilary .
3 If he was not at the reception hopper grizzleys , it is quite probable that she would wait for him at the entrance to Deep Level .
4 Do not wait for him to hand you the technique ; you know what the title of the sub-topic is .
5 He often went out alone , Italian style , and Jeanne would wait for him in the street after the cafés closed .
6 Never mind , I 'll wait for him in the car . ’
7 I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’
8 Nothing , if the injury persisted , but whatever a man 's mates might collect for him by passing round a hat .
9 Dad was a regular churchgoer himself , a sidesman , so it just would not do for him to be seen working on such a special day in the Church Calendar .
10 I thought well they 'd do for him for summer .
11 She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving .
12 His distribution contract did not expressly provide for him to be personally involved in the distribution although his personal involvement was appreciated .
13 I think it 's it 's hard for me to say because I did n't work for him for long .
14 I have been asked by my chief to ask you to let me have for him without further delay , the short note which he called ‘ on what you would advise should be done to concentrate and coordinate the work you are doing ’ .
15 I 'd hate for him to be stuck up there for last week in March
16 I 'm gon na call for him on the way .
17 Tony was supposed to have been singing in a Black Sabbath ‘ reunion ’ in the States , which did n't happen for him in the end , but that gave us some breathing space .
18 A Mrs J. Minton , who taught conventional art , claimed that owing to the similarity of their names in the London telephone directory she was plagued at least three times a day with telephone calls for John Minton , whose art she did not like , and that open cheques would arrive for him in the post , commissioning pictures and with the note ‘ fill in your own price ’ .
19 The Chancellor has been waiting for Father Christmas since the spring , and I do not think that Father Christmas will arrive for him before 25 December .
20 I could really go for him in a big way , but he 's going steady with the staff nurse on Rainbow .
21 She did not know if her efforts would save for him at least something from the wreck , poor Benedict .
22 ‘ Oh — but she do n't care for him at all .
23 Demeke was arraigned at a New York court last night but German prosecutors said they may ask for him to be extradited .
24 To Neil , hide-bound Englishman that he was , Philip Arbuthnot was best described as Irish , because he could n't account for him in any other way .
  Next page