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Example sentences for: behalf

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Jowers, who owned the restaurant opposite King's motel (and one floor below the room Ray rented), said he had hired the real assassin on behalf of an associate with possible ties to the mob.
The Post says some of the information in its Ford/GM story was first revealed in a 1974 congressional inquiry, but is relevant again now and is being augmented with additional evidence because of new class-action suits being filed on behalf of former slave laborers, in the wake of recent similar and successful legal moves against Swiss banks.
Because your letter indicates that all you girls have the same views about the expense, one of you should speak to the bride on behalf of all the bridesmaids and say that her selection is a little steep for everyone and perhaps her dad might pay for half.
When a sleek and derisive colleague named Maxine (Catherine Keener) rebuffs his advances and mocks his art, Craig argues passionately on behalf of his puppets: He says that everyone longs to be inside someone else's head.
Bob Packwood, who successfully lobbied on behalf of lumber mills and other small businesses for a cut in the estate tax.