Example sentences of "[vb pp] to him for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his faith in the combined system was not shared during his lifetime by the majority of his fellow teachers in Great Britain , he was nevertheless held in great respect , and the editorship of the journal of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf — The Teacher of the Deaf — was entrusted to him for many years . |
| 2 | For instance , if he has money of the client in his hands not entrusted to him for any specific purpose , there is nothing in the section to prevent his retaining the amount due to him out of that money . |
| 3 | A 19-year-old single girl took an overdose of tablets after claiming to be in love with a priest — despite the fact she had not spoken to him for four years . |
| 4 | There is one woman who regularly gazes across to her old home at Wouldham and if her brother is in his garden can see him plainly , but has n't spoken to him for several years . |
| 5 | She realised that not having spoken to him for ten days had given her a perspective she had not previously had — a perspective on herself as well as him . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've bowled to him for two days and I ca n't get him , ’ he explained , ‘ so I just want to loosen up . ’ |
| 7 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 8 | I said ‘ I have been married to him for 15 years . ’ |
| 9 | It 's all a long time ago and I 've been married to him for thirty-nine years . |