Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he [adv] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scott regarded him impassively for a moment . |
| 2 | She thanked him and waited while David invited him in for a cup of tea . |
| 3 | Donna regarded him blankly for a moment , then nodded . |
| 4 | If his work kept him late for a meal , he had satirical reproaches cast upon his head by the landlady . |
| 5 | He will inundate us with charters — and all because London Transport turned him down for a job . |
| 6 | The brave tot , who has been battling leukaemia since he was six weeks old , was bouncing with life yesterday as mum Michelle took him out for a treat . |
| 7 | Iago rose to take his leave , but the prince called him back for a moment . |
| 8 | Chapman became a target man in more ways than one as the Germans singled him out for a buffeting that went unpunished by Swedish referee Rune Larsson . |
| 9 | But at the same time I realise it means they 're basically trying to control my music which I did n't expect ’ As for taking him seriously , American composer Philip Glass offered to do a 12-inch remix of Hey Music Lover after Moore took him out for a night in the clubs . |
| 10 | Woody Allen passed him over for a musical . |
| 11 | I think that my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting displayed the facts well , and it was perverse of Conservative Members to pick him up for a slip of the tongue when he gave an incorrect figure , which it is relatively easy to do . |
| 12 | He has to compose around something , so his isolating ( once strident ) individualism sets him up for a Bowiesque plummet into British nationalism and a flirtation with racism with overtures to the Nazis . |
| 13 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 14 | Julie eyed him suspiciously for a moment . |