Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little Hoflin did n't fall over and looked extremely pretty , and when the curtain came down he leaned for a moment on the rostrum and took a deep breath . |
| 2 | If he 's not there , perhaps he went for a walk in the grounds ? ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |
| 4 | Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change . |
| 5 | Desperately he looked for a way up the river bank . |
| 6 | Time and again Lear tried to tempt Gould to visit him in Rome ; always he pleaded for a letter : ‘ I am anxious to hear from you … ; |
| 7 | Hours later he reached for the bedside table again . |
| 8 | Two days later he called for a purge of FIS ranks ; only those " who believed in the new era for the country and in others ' right of expression " should be retained . |
| 9 | Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb . |
| 10 | So now he worked for a taxi firm . |
| 11 | Could n't he play for a club ? |
| 12 | Could n't he play for a club ? |
| 13 | " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . " |
| 14 | Sometimes he longed for a posting just to see different surroundings . |
| 15 | Then he left for the warmth of his blankets . |
| 16 | Then he paused for a moment . |
| 17 | Then he felt for the pain in his neck . |
| 18 | He keeps calling in till he 's acknowledged , then he asks for a road report . |
| 19 | Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's . |
| 20 | I told him of the plight of all the refugees on the station , then he thought for a minute and said , ‘ Well , I 'm running a camp at the moment , and have over a thousand in it , but I 'm sure we can squash you all in somehow . ’ |
| 21 | Then he thought for a moment , and began to smile . |
| 22 | pulls on his trunks then he swims for a while , gets out , takes off his trunks , puts his towel round himself , rubs himself , walks round the pool a couple of times and rubs himself |
| 23 | Then he heads for the store , to cash it in . |
| 24 | Then he fumbled for a cigarette , lit it clumsily , and sat drawing in smoke as if it were a narcotic . |
| 25 | In semi-darkness , she waited , hearing the sound of a key grating against metal , and then he fumbled for a moment , muttering to himself in Italian . |
| 26 | Then he sat for a while on the aisle stand which was a box covering the auto-pilot , where he was able to look out through the nose . |
| 27 | He saw the calculation at the back of Weis 's eyes that greeted his comment — saw how he looked for a trap in every word of his — and smiled inwardly . |
| 28 | Instead he reached for the whisky bottle . |
| 29 | But instead he headed for the bathroom . |
| 30 | Politicians with a burgh interest regularly made contributions to the cost of public works in the communities with which they concerned themselves , as Lord Panmure did in 1761 , when he subscribed for the construction of a new town hall in Montrose . |