Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] to him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously he did n't remember me , for when the College wrote to him for a reference , he replied that he had not heard of me . |
| 2 | The widespread influence of Kerschensteiner ensured that reformers referred to him for guidance on the matter . |
| 3 | He resented the assertion of Aquitainian authority coming hard on the heels of the Grandmont meeting and when Count William turned to him for help he responded by raiding the Vexin to draw Henry back north . |
| 4 | The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke 's election would scare off tourism and outside investors . |
| 5 | The King exerted his influence , not just because forty or fifty Members of Parliament held government posts , but because others in the House of Commons looked to him for financial help in fighting elections , or they looked to him for contracts , pensions , and favours for friends . |
| 6 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 7 | Vincent went to him for drawing in the mornings , and in the evenings to try his hand at watercolours , as he had done before Christmas . |
| 8 | He also had 6½d a day allowed to him for lunches at work and demanded that 1/1d a week be spent on ‘ relishes ’ for his breakfast and tea — usually consisting of an egg , a piece of bacon , or fish . |
| 9 | To lose him would be worse than losing himself : it would be losing the only chance left to him for the life he had always and violently lusted after . |
| 10 | Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital . |
| 11 | Unlike Kissinger , Le Duc Tho declined the Nobel Peace Prize offered to him for his role in negotiating the agreements . |
| 12 | In the modern age he is expected to lead and the people look to him for solutions to their problems , but the chances of his being allowed to do what he needs to do are negligible . |
| 13 | People turn to him for mature counsel . |
| 14 | Sooner or later every Stevenson bill came to him for discount ; and every foreign transaction went via him . |
| 15 | Shortly before the announcement of his resignation there were press reports that FBI agents had reviewed Gray 's 1990 financial disclosures and had sought records concerning payments made to him for speaking engagements . |
| 16 | But he knew that the other Beastline creatures looked to him for guidance , and he had accepted the leadership they imposed on him , for he knew that there must always be those who govern and those who serve . |
| 17 | First , he had failed to do what he ought to have done when Bishop of Durham to discipline the ritualists in the parish of St Mary 's Tyne Dock , although some of the parishioners appealed to him for protection against illegal practices and ornaments of a Romish character . |
| 18 | In December 1936 Lance Henly , the Club 's forbearing Secretary for 15 years , resigned through ill-health , and the Brewery settled the £149 debt owing to him for 20 months unpaid expenses . |
| 19 | With difficulty , he made his way towards her , Charlotte clinging to him for dear life . |