Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 2 | In the case of Professor Fang Lizhi , the dissident leader who is still holed up in the US embassy in Beijing , Mr Bush has been unable to say when or whether the Chinese may allow him to leave for a third country , as reportedly urged by Mr Scowcroft . |
| 3 | It may be that Isambard will let him go for a price . |
| 4 | He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool . |
| 5 | Mr Ingram drives a company car , so the banding changes making that more expensive will probably persuade him to go for a smaller model . |
| 6 | May I urge him to press for a return to traditional standards of teaching in our primary schools as soon as possible ? |
| 7 | Following a meeting this morning at the Department of Energy , may I ask him to arrange for the Secretary of State to make a statement answering the anger in Coventry , not just about the way in which the pit was closed and the loss of jobs , but the belief that the closure took place to mothball 40 million tonnes of medium sulphur content coal so that , were the Conservatives to be re-elected and the pits privatised , Daw Mill could take that coal out in a UDM pit ? |