Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | God 's mighty instrument is the lives that are wholly given to Him for His purpose . |
| 2 | The president , in the modern age , is the key political actor and the public constantly looks to him for initiatives , services and solutions . |
| 3 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 4 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 5 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 6 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 7 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 8 | For instance , if he has money of the client in his hands not entrusted to him for any specific purpose , there is nothing in the section to prevent his retaining the amount due to him out of that money . |
| 9 | Cadogan says ferried to question this man till he 's dry , question him to death if necessary , but I 've already spoken to him for hours . |
| 10 | A 19-year-old single girl took an overdose of tablets after claiming to be in love with a priest — despite the fact she had not spoken to him for four years . |
| 11 | Others could not get to him for half an hour . |
| 12 | Like many athletes Linford often came to him for advice . |
| 13 | There is one woman who regularly gazes across to her old home at Wouldham and if her brother is in his garden can see him plainly , but has n't spoken to him for several years . |
| 14 | Knowing her husband , if he could be led to believe that the royal castle of Berwick might be alienated from the crown and actually given to him for his services , he would be the more apt to accede to the arrangement , being a man of acquisitive mind . |
| 15 | Robbie nodded , mentally apologising to him for all the scathing epithets that had so nearly tumbled from her lips . |