Example sentences of "him [adj] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Walter Geikie was born on 9th November 1795 in Edinburgh , the eldest son of Archibald Geikie , a pharmacist by occupation but a philosopher by inclination , and when still only two years old , contracted a ‘ brain fever ’ ( probably meningitis ) which left him deaf for life . |
| 2 | Just in case Lord Milton failed to appreciate his value , MacLachlan stressed that he had been approached by the rival interest in the county and had been offered sufficient to make him easy for life , and accordingly implied that Milton had an obligation to aid him with his creditors and enable him to arrange further loans . |
| 3 | His chronic bronchitis was also noted as this might make him unfit for anaesthetic or at risk of a post-operative chest infection as well as exacerbating his present problems . |
| 4 | In 1895 he was promoted back to the second class , but two years later , at the age of forty-five , a medical board found him unfit for duty ‘ due to chronic rheumatism and cracked feet ’ . |
| 5 | negligently allowing the goods to be stolen ) would not make him liable for conversion though if he were a bailee of the goods he might be liable in detinue in such circumstances . |
| 6 | ‘ I have been trying to get him out of the pram to get him ready for nursery but not now . |
| 7 | Mrs Singh expressed a worry about Balbinder refusing to dress himself and ordering her to get him ready for school when he could do this perfectly well if he wanted to . |
| 8 | And when they came to wake him up and get him ready for breakfast to feed him at six o'clock , he was gone . |
| 9 | He was virtually out the back door and the rumours had him ready for retirement . |