Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] he [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That upbringing served him well for Robert Redford 's Thirties drama The River Runs Through It , adapted from a novel by Norman MacLean about family conflict and fly fishing . |
| 2 | From there he was handed on to Bloomsbury House , where Elaine Blond agreed a one-off payment to fit him out for another job . |
| 3 | It was a mammoth task , but Finniston considers that his scientific background fitted him well for the challenge . |
| 4 | Although he has been looking for the little creep to beat him up for having steered him wrong , he realises that it is better to be with someone , even someone like Ratso , than to be alone . |
| 5 | But why should one incident put him off for ever ? |
| 6 | The American woman watched him intently for several minutes , a commotion of half-forgotten sensations stirring within her , but if he had noticed her presence he gave no sign . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Does my hon. Friend accept that with falling net incomes , particularly in the hills , and diminishing employment prospects , everyone on the Conservative Benches wishes him well for the negotiations in Europe ? |