Example sentences of "for him [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the the weaknesses is that er he because he 's a P L C then he 's got to erm kowtow to the system to the er the city and therefore erm that is always going to be seen as a problem for him as am individual . |
| 2 | It will be difficult for him to be baleful about the Millennium . |
| 3 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |
| 4 | Or his own self-deception ; she had unseated him too deeply for him to be sure any longer of the distinction . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , he did begin to go on about it being unusual for him to be that side of the bar , but I told him to get on with it . ’ |
| 6 | Collins only wants a wife because he feels that in the eyes of society it is about time for him to be married and to have settled down in life . |
| 7 | During the summer , the Prime Minister kept saying how essential it was for him to be present at Maastricht in December in order to make decisions , but the word from Downing street now is that the Prime Minister 's greatest ambition at Maastricht is to fend off making any decisions . |
| 8 | Nor is it necessary for him to be serious , at least about Parliament , provided that he is reasonably well-to-do . |
| 9 | But better for him to be in a lavatory somewhere than for him to be sick on the programme ! |
| 10 | He was bitter and that must mean … but no , there was no reason for him to be bitter . |
| 11 | Therefore he had to bribe Bull O'Malley , but the bribe had to be big enough and tempting enough for him to be unable to resist it . |
| 12 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 13 | Soon she was leaving and it was easy for him to be charming . |
| 14 | Presumably , then , there is something for Him to be jealous of ! |
| 15 | You and the patient may be anxious for him to be independent , but he should not try to move about or do things alone before he is ready . |
| 16 | The only way for him to be true to his sexuality was to go abroad . |
| 17 | WHEN a man applies to come to the United Kingdom to marry a woman settled here , it is not necessary for him to be able to state specifically whether he intends to settle in this country forever or whether he wishes to marry and return to his own country . |
| 18 | Another objective might be to help dissipate a patient 's emotions sufficiently for him to be able to contemplate constructive approaches to tackling his problems . |
| 19 | Notice that for him to be able to say this he does not have to have observed his own behaviour . |
| 20 | In his social criticism Eliot assumes an idea of England which never existed and proposes an England which could not exist : in the same way , his own vision of the world was too singular for him to be able to invest his social dramas with the emblematic or representative significance to which he aspired . |
| 21 | Patrick will join us in the organization , but for him to be able to work effectively , he will need to be able to move around freely . " |
| 22 | A middle peasant is somebody who is more or less entirely self sufficient , he does n't hire any labour but nor does he have to work for anybody else , his plot is big enough for him to be able to support himself and his family . |
| 23 | It was Friday and there would be enough people in Woolworth 's for him to be able to pinch a handful of sweets from the counter if he wanted to . |
| 24 | Nuri was one of Egypt 's great landowners and the Khedive considered there was sufficient identity of interest between them for him to be able to use Nuri 's services without fear . |
| 25 | Where the landlord has redevelopment plans for the property in question , the term of the lease should be short enough for him to be able to recover possession in time to redevelop . |
| 26 | I 'd hate for him to be stuck up there for last week in March |
| 27 | There was , therefore , no reason for him to be worried about France , still isolated in the first half of the decade . |
| 28 | Answering the question as to the state in which this love can best be practised , Rolle points to an inner quietness which seems for him to be achievable only in literal solitude and constrained stability : " er Goddes trone , dwelles still in a stede , and er noght abowte rennand " [ trone : throne ; a stede : one place ] ( 10.116.258 – 9 ) . |
| 29 | It is more important for him to be satisfied that it will serve its purpose once installed . |