Example sentences of "[v-ing] for him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 2 | With the baby , he was gentleness itself , playing with him and caring for him with true devotion . |
| 3 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 4 | But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it . |
| 5 | She remembered the time she had returned the coffee she had borrowed from him , and how she had instinctively known there was a woman waiting for him in this very room . |
| 6 | The car would now be calling for him at seven . |
| 7 | And the worst part of it all was that having him there all the time had n't lessened her longing for him by one tiny jot . |
| 8 | Roy had been working for him since three weeks after his wedding , and he hated it . |
| 9 | The guy was taking on ten people at o he he had ten people working for him in one day . |