Example sentences of "[verb] to he for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir John Harington relates , however , how ‘ he would walk at certain hours in one of the aisles of St Paul 's , that if any came to him for spiritual advice and comfort ( as some did though not many ) he might impart it to them ’ . |
| 2 | His offence against those who came to him for medical help was less easy to punish . |
| 3 | For example , the modern female hostage who falls in love with her captor may not merely be manifesting the well-known defence of ‘ identification with the aggressor ’ ( particularly since it is not so much identification with him as submission to him ) , she may instead be giving way to her phylogenetic id and its demand that a female captured by a male should look to him for sexual satisfaction . |
| 4 | With difficulty , he made his way towards her , Charlotte clinging to him for dear life . |
| 5 | People turn to him for mature counsel . |
| 6 | 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 . |