Example sentences of "[vb past] to him for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to him for the first time that Celia would be a bad enemy , just as she was a good friend . |
| 2 | you , er , it had happened because I had been , I had had a lot of training and a lot of swindles and thing , I was able to talked to him and I talked to him for an hour and a half er , I was curious for one thing to find out why he was , he , he was breaking into people 's houses , so that the fact that he was doing it for , to , to get money for drugs |
| 3 | Coming to the end of his account , he remembered the fate of the mason-overseer , Khaemhet , held responsible for the security of the prisoners deputed to him for the journey from the granite quarries to the Southern Capital . |
| 4 | A couple of years earlier , when I was having a bad patch and went to him for a reassuring chat , he had told me not to worry about it . |
| 5 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 6 | I went to him for the political because I was a red hot loyalist at that time . |
| 7 | He did so partly in order that those who looked to him for a lead would have no doubts about where he stood . |
| 8 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 9 | Hart listened to him for a few minutes , shouted hello to his brothers who were sitting outside and wished the boy luck . |
| 10 | All that mattered to him for the moment was the feel of the bedsheets angling Golden Girl northward . |
| 11 | And do n't forget , Joe was with me , and you know how careful he is. lee was at the party and one of the maids told me that she took him out of the party and spoke to him for a few minutes . |
| 12 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 13 | 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 . |