Example sentences of "[verb] to him [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was never a time in Sir Hector Laing 's life when it ever occurred to him to work for any other company than the family business , originally called McVitie $ Price and now known as United Biscuits . |
| 2 | It did not occur to him to look for a seat outside Worcestershire , and even if it had there was little reason why he should have secured one . |
| 3 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 4 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 5 | He has obligations not merely to the students who come to him to read for a degree , but still more towards the teeming population outside the University walls , most of whom have not so much as " heard whether there be any Holy Ghost " . |