Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] for [art] [noun] " 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 So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared .
5 Hunt 's steadily deflating tyre held up until the last corner before the pits ; in he came for a tyre change .
6 Once inside he groped for the sheets in his pocket .
7 Desperately he looked for a way up the river bank .
8 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 … ;
9 Hours later he reached for the bedside table again .
10 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 .
11 A few days later he begged for the offices held by his father and complained that it would be a great disgrace to him if they were granted to anyone else .
12 Hugo had no idea what to do : frantically he rang for the servants .
13 Half way up he rested for a minute or so to rest his straining arm and shoulder muscles , then continued his exhausting climb .
14 So now he worked for a taxi firm .
15 Well he did for the Wigan one .
16 DeVore who had arranged the deal whereby he worked for the Levers and yet had his own private laboratories .
17 Could n't he play for a club ?
18 Could n't he play for a club ?
19 " Presumably he telephoned for the mechanic before he left . "
20 Sometimes he longed for a posting just to see different surroundings .
21 Then he left for the warmth of his blankets .
22 Then he paused for a moment .
23 Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time .
24 Then he felt for the pain in his neck .
25 He keeps calling in till he 's acknowledged , then he asks for a road report .
26 Then he reached for the brandy and tipped a measure into his own cup before offering to do the same with Shiona 's .
27 Then he allows for the effects of a ‘ propagation mechanism ’ ( see section 5.1(a) ) by adding the lagged value of to equation ( 6.2 ) and attaching a positive coefficient to it , giving :
28 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 . ’
29 Then he thought for a moment , and began to smile .
30 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
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