Example sentences of "been [verb] for him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside him sat a man of such immense proportions that Eddie Stratton wondered how he could ever fit into the seat that had been booked for him on the flight to Heathrow , scheduled to leave in forty minutes ' time . |
| 2 | From all that he heard , it was clear that Gaddafi 's position had been secured for him in a way that his palace guard and secret police could never have managed on their own . |
| 3 | The suit had been tailored for him in London , at a cost of some one hundred and fifty guineas — not by Edouard de Chavigny 's own tailors , Gieves of Savile Row , but by another man who could do a cheaper , and passable , imitation . |
| 4 | It was as if she had been waiting for him for all these years . |
| 5 | Gravier 's wife and child and parents had been waiting for him at Acapulco . |
| 6 | Everything had been going so well this time ; leaving Glasgow on Saturday anticipation had been high , Amanda had even been waiting for him on the pavement outside her flat . |
| 7 | Although the citadel had been rebuilt by the Emperor Gia Long in 1802 , its palaces and temples had been designed and constructed faithfully in the style favoured by China 's Ming emperors and at the entrance to the Dai Noi , the Imperial City itself , Tran Van Hieu had been waiting for him in the shadow of the Ngo Mon , the " Bull Gate " roofed in gold tiles like the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Peking . |
| 8 | Ken told the story as though it had been scripted for him for Hancock 's Half Hour . |
| 9 | Today though Her Majesty 's ambassador to Moscow visited Maxat the horse and announced that a home has been found for him at last in the Queen 's household Cavalry . |
| 10 | A specially constructed harness had been devised for him in one of the clinically white rooms where analysis was conducted . |
| 11 | Roy had been working for him since three weeks after his wedding , and he hated it . |
| 12 | Mr Davidson 's father , Robert Snr , said Mrs Holmes had been working for him for the last eight years . |
| 13 | And we and then we had been working for him for about ten or eleven years on this contract that he had for us . |