Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to him for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Obviously he did n't remember me , for when the College wrote to him for a reference , he replied that he had not heard of me . |
| 2 | The business community rallied to him for fear that Duke 's election would scare off tourism and outside investors . |
| 3 | He also had 6½d a day allowed to him for lunches at work and demanded that 1/1d a week be spent on ‘ relishes ’ for his breakfast and tea — usually consisting of an egg , a piece of bacon , or fish . |
| 4 | To lose him would be worse than losing himself : it would be losing the only chance left to him for the life he had always and violently lusted after . |
| 5 | Unlike Kissinger , Le Duc Tho declined the Nobel Peace Prize offered to him for his role in negotiating the agreements . |
| 6 | Sooner or later every Stevenson bill came to him for discount ; and every foreign transaction went via him . |
| 7 | In December 1936 Lance Henly , the Club 's forbearing Secretary for 15 years , resigned through ill-health , and the Brewery settled the £149 debt owing to him for 20 months unpaid expenses . |