Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | God 's mighty instrument is the lives that are wholly given to Him for His purpose . |
| 2 | The president , in the modern age , is the key political actor and the public constantly looks to him for initiatives , services and solutions . |
| 3 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 4 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 5 | Because of Gloucester 's influence in the duchy , royal servants naturally looked to him for lordship . |
| 6 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 7 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 8 | Cadogan says ferried to question this man till he 's dry , question him to death if necessary , but I 've already spoken to him for hours . |
| 9 | Like many athletes Linford often came to him for advice . |
| 10 | Knowing her husband , if he could be led to believe that the royal castle of Berwick might be alienated from the crown and actually given to him for his services , he would be the more apt to accede to the arrangement , being a man of acquisitive mind . |
| 11 | Robbie nodded , mentally apologising to him for all the scathing epithets that had so nearly tumbled from her lips . |