Example sentences of "[adj] for him [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time . |
2 | ‘ We tried to sign Chris Waddle , but it was not right for him at the time , we went for Peter Beardsley , but it was not right for Everton . |
3 | Markward of Anweiler , who only approached Innocent when the situation was hopeless for him after the formation of a league of cities against imperial domination . |
4 | They were dry for him in the morning . |
5 | The situation was confused for him by the fact that many of the people he had seen in the church of Gesù Nuovo , the ones who had come to pray and adore , were dressed in rags . |
6 | For Michael Codron , it marked the start of an outstanding production career — which had seemed to bode so ill for him during the run of The Wit To Woo , a play that had no happier associations for him than it had for Ken . |
7 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
8 | Evans ' 100 inch fixed gear was too small for him on the way out , but he kept it turning on the harder return leg to edge ahead of the Phoenix rider repeating his eight second win over him at Newtownards last week . |
9 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
10 | Sir Robert Carey , Warden of the English Middle March , had been in London visiting the queen , but had prudently arranged for relays of horses to be ready for him between the capital and Edinburgh , so that he could ingratiate himself with the King of Scots by being the first to arrive with the news that he was now King of England also . |
11 | A plate of poisoned fish stood ready for him in the dining-room , but he did not come home . |
12 | And tell the chamberlains to have an apartment made ready for him in the King 's Tower , the best they can offer . |