Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 2 | Walter climbed in beside him , trying hard not to show the fear he felt for the mechanical monster . |
| 3 | As he hung about the Red Anchor he noticed for the first time that its character was changing . |
| 4 | This was very well attended and a committee , with himself as chairman ( a post he held for the next thirty-six years ) , was elected and set to work . |
| 5 | ‘ That philosopher , ’ said Scarlet , who seemed to have forgotten about going home , ‘ the one I was telling you about , he used to go galloping after women all over the place when his hair and his teeth were all falling out , and he used to write about the terrific compassion he felt for the human race , and his breath was foul . |
| 6 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role he sees for the global environmental facility in helping developing countries with their environmental problems . |
| 7 | Leaving at midday he headed for the Tunisian coast in bad weather . |
| 8 | Towards the end of his long life he married for the second time . |
| 9 | Lane , by way of having a metaphorical dig at the greens , would later speak of how the 20-footer he needed for the outright lead had looked ‘ good in the air . ’ |
| 10 | He has one rig in our room , another one in dad 's car and a third in the big truck he drives for the frozen meat company . |
| 11 | For three seasons he rode for the Scottish millionaire George Baird ( ‘ Mr Abington ’ ) , training and riding Busybody . |
| 12 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 13 | What happened here was apparently an attempt to change strokes into dots ; and it is dots he wrote for the immediate repeat of the theme . |
| 14 | With this in position he waits for the right moment to switch through the distance shot film of the city , coupled with the live action inlay of the characters . |
| 15 | It is strange , however , that Garrick did not subscribe for Leapor 's volumes , since at almost the same time he subscribed for the Irish bricklayer poet , Henry Jones , though this may have been done to please Chesterfield . |
| 16 | Of course Wooderson could get things wrong — like the time he went for the British mile record and broke the world time . |