Example sentences of "[prep] him for the rest " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If so , it was at Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cummage ’ ) that Coleridge first set foot within that secluded , forgotten territory , bounded by the Quantock Hills and a bleakly impressive coastline , which was to remain with him for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | You seem to have impressed our number-one driver as well , because he too has asked if you could be released to work closely with him for the rest of the season . |
| 5 | He will carry disappointment with him for the rest of his political career and , indeed , to the end of his days . |
| 6 | The example of Dad Uzzell was before him for the rest of his life . |
| 7 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
| 8 | And then there was all this problem of who was going to pay for him for the rest of his life because he was a vegetable . ’ |
| 9 | It is contained in the old aphorism ‘ the child is father to the man ’ , and expresses the belief that a child 's experiences in the early years will leave a mark on him for the rest of his life . |
| 10 | By contrast , he did inherit a destructive family situation which weighed heavily on him for the rest of his life . |
| 11 | A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival . |
| 12 | All along Zen had been haunted by the idea that he might make some blunder which would hang over him for the rest of his life , yet here he was behaving like a dope addict . |
| 13 | Housman then kept his version by him for the rest of his life , not collecting it in A Shropshire Lad , nor in his Last Poems ( 1922 ) . |