Example sentences of "[conj] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | No love , except for the clinging love he feared . |
| 2 | had a yard there and an old building , that 's where he had , that 's where he operated from and he used to get all this second hand timber demolition timber from Liverpool and Berkenhead and all that and he reckoned then that for every hundred pound he spent on demolition he had a thousand pound back |
| 3 | Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane . |
| 4 | While feeling a little sad at leaving , Mr. Offer said that for the first time he would be looking forward to an extra hour in bed in the morning . |
| 5 | In time Michael too came to accept their centrality , although for a long time he asked when he could go home to his parents . |
| 6 | It is he who must answer before Parliament for anything that his officials have done under his authority , and , if for an important matter he selected an official of such junior standing that he could not be expected competently to perform the work , the minister would have to answer for that in Parliament . |
| 7 | He lay at her side and for a long while he did n't speak . |
| 8 | He admired the company 's pre-war products — efficient little sports cars with something of the modern Lotus spirit about them — more than any other car , and for a long time he used Astons on the road . |
| 9 | My husband thought they were a failure and felt embarrassed about them , and for a long time he would n't let me see them . |
| 10 | But , before he was able to put a name to it , something hit him on the back of the head , and for a long time he knew no more . |
| 11 | He opened his eyes in darkness and for a horrific moment he was completely adrift , not knowing what was happening or where — or who — he was . |
| 12 | He had never seen fear more clearly written on human faces and for a brief second he was puzzled . |
| 13 | These people were dangerous in their fury , and for a brief moment he knew the terror of the threat of physical attack , and he looked over his shoulder for an escape route . |
| 14 | She had been standing on the bank above him with her booted feet apart , her hands jammed into the pockets of her tight-fitting breeches , and for a fleeting instant he looked at her appraisingly as he had done at the reception . |
| 15 | P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them . |
| 16 | Apparently during the First World War some professor erm was using a bunsen burner and he burned himself quite badly and by him he just happ he just happened to have some lavender oil essential and for the nearest thing he put his hand in there and apparently it was supposed to have calmed it down and it healed very quickly . |
| 17 | it was for men that he felt the hot , flushing , roused attraction which a man is supposed to feel for the other sex … the male physique had a fascination for him , and for the female physique he felt only a fondness … |
| 18 | For the second time he should have said no , and for the second time he did n't . |
| 19 | He saw Madra fighting with her reins , hair wild ; then a face out of a nightmare lunged up at him , and for the second time he confronted the tusked maw of a grypesh . |
| 20 | Nora Fanshawe raised her head and for the first time he saw her smile , an ugly harsh smile of self-mockery . |
| 21 | The experience shattered Derek and for the first time he told his wife and parents the story of his harassments from the first meeting with the drug detective . |
| 22 | Andrew Beattie was allowed a visit by his wife for a few minutes around half-past one and for the first time he learned that no strike organisers had been arrested other than in the Rathcoole district . |
| 23 | So Lauda won and for the first time he led the championship : 48 to 45.5 for Prost . |
| 24 | The track took a right hand curve and for the first time he saw the bridge standing high above the track . |
| 25 | When it was in the oven , I asked him if he 'd like me to clean up , wash the pastry board etc , and for the first time he let me . |
| 26 | Staggering , he put his weight against the door to close it , and for the first time he and the driver came face to face . |
| 27 | His return journey had been even more dramatic , on a fishing boat , and for the first week he charged the families nothing at all . |
| 28 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 29 | Collins was in his fifth final , having appeared twice each for Cardiff and Newport , and for the fourth time he was on the winning side . |
| 30 | Being rude about Palin feels like bombing Switzerland , but for the first time he seems , with this series , to be to post-Python what Paul McCartney was to post-Beatles . |