Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] he [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps if he listened for a bit and then jeered , he would at least be able to jeer from a better-informed position . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Maxim wondered if he dressed that way only because he worked for The Firm , and decided probably not . |
| 4 | He taps his pencil up and down as he waits for the finance director to finish . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . |
| 8 | I do believe , however , that he proceeded in considerable apprehension in his dealings with the lady ; in fact , that he was plainly frightened of her because of her quick temper and also because he had for a number of reasons formed a most favourable view of her judgement . |
| 9 | Alec Stewart ran himself out as he tried for a sharp single to cover and found Atherton unwilling to budge at the non-striker 's end . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Toby was a well-known golf writer , even if he wrote for a newspaper that was rarely , if ever , seen in the boardrooms of Britain . |
| 14 | Even if he aims for a gross profit 5–10% less than a competitor , Mendoros believes , overheads are such that he should come out better at the net level . |
| 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 | Alan left him howling in the cot again while he went for a bowl of water . |
| 18 | In Wilson 's first defeat by a British competitor over this distance for 2½ years the two swam neck and neck for just over half the race before Akers suddenly pulled ahead as he searched for an Olympic qualifying time . |
| 19 | He had pulled a hamstring during his warm-up and had done well to patrol as relentlessly as he did for an hour . |
| 20 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 21 | A long pass by Andy Gregory almost conceded an early try but Graeme Hallas knocked on as he went for the interception . |
| 22 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |