Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he settled for a secure telephone call , indifferent to what that would do to Maxim 's reputation among the Defence Staff at the embassy . |
| 2 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 3 | Fussily he searched for a safe place , finally leaning the contraption against the wall behind his chair before sitting down . |
| 4 | ‘ A word about your weapons , gentlemen , ’ he smarmed , then he went for the quick draw and levelled a long-barrelled pistol at all of us . |
| 5 | Then he worked for the British . ’ |
| 6 | Instead he called for a new security order based either on " trilateral Soviet-Japanese-US consultations and concrete agreements " , or a five-power conference involving China , India , Japan , the Soviet Union and the USA . |
| 7 | Lech Walesa became the first Polish President to visit Israel when he arrived for a four-day visit on May 20 . |
| 8 | In an attempt to solve the Arab-Israeli crisis , the Highland Light Infantry sent Docherty to Palestine , where he played for the British Army XI . |
| 9 | In a career that took him to Genoa where he played for the local side Sampdoria , he assumed an almost Italianate sense of style . |
| 10 | He had made a detour to a cafe where he stayed for an unspecified time before walking to the Post and entering by the back door , discovering the mayhem in the newsroom and retreating to the printer 's office . |
| 11 | Giles was held in high esteem in America and Europe , especially in Berlin , where he worked for a short time . |
| 12 | He did n't answer and shortly afterwards he slowed for a right-hand bend , his body bent forward , the dummy hand clamped tight on the steering wheel . |