Example sentences of "him [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart was only 17 years old and it is a tribute to his strength and personality that he was still conscious when the rescue team arrived , one and a half hours after I left him to go for help . |
| 2 | The Director of the Serious Fraud Office formed the opinion that the matter was appropriate for investigation by procedures under the Criminal Justice Act 1987and on 24 June served a notice on the applicant requiring him to attend for interview at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information . |
| 3 | He 'd finished school and was trying to decide between art college to become a painter and university to be a poet ; his family wanted him to train for accountancy but he was n't having any of that . |
| 4 | They also accused Cafiero of seeking to keep himself in office by introducing a clause allowing him to stand for re-election in the 1991 gubernatorial elections . |
| 5 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 6 | The submission of the father had been to the effect that the court should leave open the opportunity for him to apply for custody of the children in the divorce proceedings then pending . |
| 7 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 8 | He says that it never occured to him to apply for planning permission . |
| 9 | It was a further example of Peking 's present heavy-handed approach towards Hong Kong , and stemmed from the colonial government 's decision not to return swimmer Yang Yang to China last week , but to allow him to leave for asylum in the United States . |
| 10 | Soon the day came for him to leave for school . |
| 11 | Menem publicly stated on Aug. 12 that he wanted the Constitution to be amended in order to allow him to run for re-election . |