Sentence examples for competing for him from inspiring English sources

If this goes to the end of the season, they'll be standing there with all the other teams competing for him".

Count Saint-Genois d'Anneaucourt -- sandwiched between a transvestite and a mannish woman, both in transparent dresses, glaring at each other, as if fiercely competing for him -- gazes forlornly in his impeccable tuxedo, oblivious to them and to his own apparent sexual predicament.

Mr. Williams said that once he was accepted, colleges competed for him.

But the Mets, with their ownership under financial duress, were not in a position to compete for him when his contract expired.

The National Football League NFLL) and the American Football League (AFL) competed for him as a first-round draft choice, and he went to the AFL New York Jets with an unprecedented three-year contract for more than $400,000.

Critics now look back to a summer where Moyes failed to bring in players in his own mould, hungry to compete for him.

It's sometimes hard to see the single virtue Graham Zusi possesses to a greater degree than any of the men competing for places with him.

Boksic had spent the previous two seasons in Italy hamstrung by injury and competing for playing time, limiting him to just 20 games and three goals.

Five local players shared the field with him, competing for the South in a 16-7 victoverover the North.

One major expense was taken on directly by Kennedy: with several studios competing for Fred Thomson, Kennedy signed him to a personal contract for $15,000 a week.

They live in frightened awe of him, subconsciously competing for his attention.