Example sentences of "[conj] he had [verb] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wycliffe put them all back where he had found them for Scales to look at . |
| 2 | In those early months he had wanted her to know the magnitude of what he had done and that he had done it for her . |
| 3 | Not for the first time she wondered how on earth her father had persuaded the children to call him ‘ Gamps ’ and decided that he had done it for the sole purpose of driving her mad . |
| 4 | Maurin interjected that he had done it for the best , that he suspected she would spread silly gossip and it was sensible to keep her away from the English journalist . |
| 5 | He had sworn at her , jeered at her , called her a lump of cold batter , told her to get to the devil , told her that he was sick of the sight of her , that he had married her for her money , that if she gave him any more of her canting preaching he 'd hit her one that she 'd remember . |
| 6 | The absurd fact was that he had married her for her gaiety . |
| 7 | Bert was full of praise for the quality of craftsmanship on the example which he had when they first came out ( he was one of the six guitarists on the committee involved in the design of Höfner 's ‘ Committee ’ guitar ) , and told us that he had used one for a couple of his hits — Big Beat Boogie and Sorry Robbie … |
| 8 | Letterman implies that he had to divorce her for her own good ; he could not bear to see so much life force confined in marriage . |
| 9 | But there was no denying that today his wife was better than he had known her for many many months . |
| 10 | He was obviously Garry 's brother-in-law and he had mistaken her for Dana . |
| 11 | He had wanted her almost from the first moment , and he had loved her for nearly as long . |
| 12 | She was the daughter of an earl , well-versed in the ways of the world before she had taken the veil , and he had known her for as long as he could remember . |
| 13 | He did it because he was intoxicated by it : and he had found it for himself . |
| 14 | ‘ I have a proposition for you , ’ he said to Burkett and as he said it he weighed up his man as if he had met him for the first time . |
| 15 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 16 | But it was as if he had done it for the thrill of it . ’ |
| 17 | His voice was sharp , yet as intimate as if he had known her for a long time . |
| 18 | Giancarlo took her arm courteously as if he had known her for years , and , followed by his guests , led her out of the sun on the terrace and into the shade at the side of the house . |
| 19 | He was devoted to the Prince , but he had served him for ten years and his wife had scarcely seen him . |
| 20 | You could not call what Lugh had done gossip , because he had done it for their own good . |
| 21 | Critical also of the World Cup organisation , and referring to the umpiring in West Indies as ‘ disgraceful ’ , this agonising cricketer , who came from nowhere at 18 , spotted by Javed Miandad , seems greatly perturbed still at the £1000 fine extracted from him for swearing within the hearing of umpire Plews after he had banned him for bowling bouncers against Warwickshire . |
| 22 | Cliff had a magnificent physique , was always commanding in the air and possessed a fearsome shot — and Palace fans knew his quality from previous encounters , when he had opposed us for Watford and Northampton . |
| 23 | When Angel One had reported back to Dragon Control early on the day following the destruction of his Bethlehem House base , the Controller had been unable to keep the malicious satisfaction out of his voice when he had berated him for his ignominious failure , as he put it , in allowing his entire organisation to be destroyed by unforeseen enemy action . |
| 24 | Wordsworth had some idea of what was going on , as he had prepared himself for this second visit by reading pamphlets , and probably had a letter of introduction to Brissot ; but at first he was only sentimentally affected by the ideals of the Revolution . |
| 25 | His reasons were all based on his search for Rectitudo in mind and will , as he had sought it for the past thirty years . |