Example sentences of "[vb pp] he for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than a hundred victims have now approached him for legal advice and doctors are still seeing new cases six weeks after chryptosporidium was first identified in the Farmoor reservoir . |
| 2 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 3 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 4 | Sir Charles , whose practice as a family solicitor in Hertfordshire had not prepared him for this sort of thing , was losing control . |
| 5 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 6 | She always forgot , when she had not seen him for some time , how he affected her . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've not seen him for some time . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I have n't seen him for some time . ’ |
| 9 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 10 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 11 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 12 | The Tryons , in return , have frequently joined him for some fishing at Balmoral . |
| 13 | GULF War hero Paul Butler , who saw two pals killed in the American ‘ friendly fire ’ attack , went berserk when he heard his wife had left him for another man . |
| 14 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |
| 15 | He has n't , they have n't paid him for this car yet |