Example sentences of "[vb past] for him [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time . |
| 2 | Police believe they 've identified the man who arranged for him to smuggle the drug and that he 's currently carrying out his business abroad . |
| 3 | At Ferrari it waited for him to put a foot wrong and there was blood all over the walls . ’ |
| 4 | Wrenching up the boot , she waited for him to put the suitcase inside , then , still hugging Gwen Bear , walked round to the driver 's side and climbed in . |
| 5 | Ginny waited for him to break the silence . |
| 6 | Robyn waited for him to break the spell of this wonderful , strangely companionable silence . |
| 7 | She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together . |
| 8 | He walked to Hause Point twice a day and apart from that … he wrote one or two letters and delighted her father by franking one of his ; he waited for him to get a full free day so that they could go char fishing ; he declined all invitations and although he was irreproachably welcoming when Mr Skelton and his daughter made a surprise detour on one of their visits up the valley from Lorton to call in at the Fish , Mary thought that she could tell that he was happier to see them depart than he had been to see them arrive . |