Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] for him [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Except that the flame was deep inside , in a place that longed for him in a way she had never felt before .
2 His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused .
3 and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works .
4 She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving .
5 Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry .
6 I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time .
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