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With verbs that don't take に, the matter is simple: わたしは彼に食べてもらった means 'He
ate it for me', with a favour being explicit. But how would handles things
with verbs that do take に? Would you say わたしには彼に任せてもらった 'He left it to me'? If
not, how would you say it?

(Please feel free to edit this question if you feel it is poorly worded.)
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word-choice particle-に ambiguity
に and verbs that take it with もらう
If I understand correctly, you are asking how to express something like this,
where you want to have 私 be both the `〜は` subject and a `〜に` object:

> **私** は (彼に ( **私** に任せてもらった) )  
>  _I had him leave it to me_

私は彼に私に〜 is extremely awkward and should be avoided at all costs. Even if you
omit the `subject-私` and say 彼に私に〜, it sounds confusing. Also, you cannot
merge `subject-私` and `object-私` by saying 私には.

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Here are some ways to go around it:

  1. One way is to rephrase it by **flipping the subject** , using くれる instead of もらう:

> **彼は** 私に任せてくれた  
>  _He left it to me for me_

  2. You could **add some stuff in between** the two objects to make it less awkward:

> (私は)彼に **お願いして** 私に任せてもらった  
>  _I asked and had him leave it to me_

  3. Or, if the `〜は` subject and the `〜に` object are the same, and it is clear in context, you can usually **omit that object** altogether:

> (私は)彼に ~~私に~~ 任せてもらった  
>  _I had him leave it to me_ ←implied

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In a case where you must state a `〜に` object that is different from the
subject, you get a sentence with a **consecutive`〜に`**, in this word order:

> (私は)彼に学校に行ってもらった  
>  _I had him go to school_

The awkwardness of a consecutive `〜に` varies from case to case. For example,
彼に会社に〜 is probably more digestible than 彼に娘に〜, which in turn is still much
less confusing than 彼に彼女に〜. Personal taste will play into it, too. An in-depth
study of this is outside the scope of my answer, so I'll leave it at that.
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