Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Zacchaeus was a tax-collector and was very unpopular with the Jews , not only because he worked for the Romans but also because he was very rich through cheating people , as he himself admitted ( Luke 19:8 ) . |
2 | Maxim wondered if he dressed that way only because he worked for The Firm , and decided probably not . |
3 | Among Fianna Fail members , Mr MacSharry is seen as the man with the courage and determination to revive the party 's flagging fortunes , just as he did for the Irish economy four years ago . |
4 | BRITAIN 'S loudest man revealed yesterday that he competed for the title after neighbours complained about his singing in the bath . |
5 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
6 | ‘ It was the talk of the set — the rumour monitors were working overtime , ’ Jim said yesterday as he talked for the first time about the couple 's whirlwind romance . |
7 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
8 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
9 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
10 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
11 | Meanwhile , former Tottenham player Gary Lineker 's Japanese adventure got underway when he trained for the first time with his Grampus Eight teammates at Nagoya yesterday . |
12 | In so far as he argued for the separation of economics from politics for the purpose of analysis , in a theoretical examination of the Soviet economy he seemed to be following in the footsteps of Marx . |
13 | His lips clamped together and he raised one corner of his thin mouth in a spiteful leer , his large bald head nodding deliberately to and fro while he waited for the younger man 's response . |
14 | His food came — they do n't mess about here and he reached for the salt . |
15 | But even as he reached for the man he lost his footing . |
16 | Well it must be ten years ago when he worked for the B B C and that , he must have been in his late twenties then |
17 | It seems to have been about then that he mentioned for the first time that he thought he was being poisoned with acqua toffana ( a notorious Italian poison ) . |
18 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
19 | A long pass by Andy Gregory almost conceded an early try but Graeme Hallas knocked on as he went for the interception . |
20 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |