Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] 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 think you might do better to live with him for a while , before you actually tie the nuptial knot with someone who may be borrowing your knickers for the next 60 years . |
| 7 | In addition to the attendance or financial loss allowance , a member may also claim travelling and subsistence allowances necessarily incurred by him for the purpose of performing an approved duty . |
| 8 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 9 | Just to talk to him for a few minutes … |
| 10 | Horrible thought , but suppose she was just living with him for his money ? |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Well , now I 'd know what to do but then I just looked at him for help , and said , ‘ I do n't know any . |
| 13 | It was the Colonel himself who taught me how to shoot , and I always went with him for the fishing . |
| 14 | It was a young couple , who both looked at him for a second before driving on . |
| 15 | Like many athletes Linford often came to him for advice . |
| 16 | She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her . |
| 17 | My husband had many friends there and they sometimes called on him for his help and advice . |
| 18 | ‘ Please , ’ she replied softly then looked at him for the first time since he had sat down . |
| 19 | He stoked the fire so that it flared , then reached behind him for a pouch of thin leather which contained charred bones . |
| 20 | Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Robbie nodded , mentally apologising to him for all the scathing epithets that had so nearly tumbled from her lips . |
| 23 | They could therefore intercede with him for the living , to whom they might appear , and for whom they might still work miracles . |