Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] he [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We saw in earlier chapters that there was a substantial disparity between Hitler 's actual expansionist aims and what his public image suggested he stood for . |
| 2 | This last point is certainly not irrelevant , since the commemorative scroll sent to me from the Palace names Leslie as of the Parachute Regiment ; and under this unit did he appear for the last time in the Army List . |
| 3 | He went into further education and I do n't know what he did after that , except the Complete Record says he played for Doncaster and non- league Guiseley in the late 80s . |
| 4 | It 's a courageous appointment by Taylor because Neal has publicly savaged two of the three England bosses he played for . |
| 5 | The move follows the party 's constant refusal to let him stand for re-election as a Labour county councillor for Harwich , a decision which led to Mr Knight 's resignation from public life . |
| 6 | An edged cut to his 85th ball saw him go for 73 , and England now faced serious trouble at 200 for 5 . |
| 7 | Colossal close-outs kept him sprinting for the horizon . |
| 8 | Among those who were reported to have declined to be considered was New York Governor Mario Cuomo , one of the party 's most charismatic figures , who had earlier resisted a powerful campaign to induce him to run for the presidential nomination . |
| 9 | What grand ideas did he have for that ? |
| 10 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 11 | The American 's triple bogey eight at the fourth hole had him gasping for air in the suffocating heat as he stumbled out in 41 . |
| 12 | On Thursday 23 May 1974 , little more than a week after Jinky had set out on his transatlantic crossing , the player was the focus of a controversial legal wrangle when a judge at Airdrie Sheriff Court postponed a trial involving the Celtic winger to allow him to prepare for Scotland 's forthcoming World Cup campaign in Germany . |
| 13 | When he is sentenced to gaol he pleads in mitigation that he ‘ might have been a better citizen if I 'd had the levels ’ , to a Judge who did n't understand what he was saying , and of course the last page sees him studying for ‘ the levels ’ in prison . |
| 14 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 15 | Article 20 of the Brussels Convention provides that where a defendant domiciled in one Contracting State is sued in a court of another Contracting State the court shall stay the proceedings so long as it is not shown that the defendant has been able to receive the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence , or that all necessary steps have been taken to this end . |
| 16 | A default judgment must , however , not be recognised if the defendant was not duly served with the document which instituted the proceedings or with an equivalent document in sufficient time to enable him to arrange for his defence . |