Example sentences of "on him for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Philip came up to keep an eye on him for a week or so .
2 " I hope you were n't depending on him for a lift , were you ? " he asked Graham .
3 It is contained in the old aphorism ‘ the child is father to the man ’ , and expresses the belief that a child 's experiences in the early years will leave a mark on him for the rest of his life .
4 By contrast , he did inherit a destructive family situation which weighed heavily on him for the rest of his life .
5 A first round victory caught everyone 's attention , and Swift kept close tabs on him for the rest of the year , even fielding a car for him in the 25th anniversary race at Silverstone and again in the Irish Festival .
6 The idea , however , that the rebels aimed to kill the King is unlikely — not only did the rebels show a positive loyalty to him at Mile End and Smithfield , and adopt as a watchword ‘ King Richard and the True Commons ’ , but they made no attempt to take vengeance on him for the death of Wat Tyler , when he could have been at their mercy .
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