Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] he [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 2 | The charges arise from an incident last January during which an off duty police officer was allegedly hit with a hammer while he waited for a taxi in Cheltenham . |
| 3 | Yet he can still play for his former club while he waits for the clearing period to expire . |
| 4 | The man hesitated , his eyes flicking nervously from side to side as he waited for the magic . |
| 5 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
| 6 | But Horsley put these thoughts to the back of his mind as he headed for the party at Caxton House , determined to enter into the spirit of things . |
| 7 | The other two were — ’ he looked up at the roof as he struggled for the word ‘ — how you say , scared of him ? |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday 's John Harkes is one of five players with European clubs wanted by United States coach Bora Milutinovic as he prepares for the friendly match against Ireland in Dublin on April 29 . |
| 9 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 10 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 11 | Ryder Cup star Paul Broadhurst was in confident mood as he prepared for the Mitsubishi Austrian Open , starting in Salzburg today . |
| 12 | He screamed and almost lost his footing as he made for the stairs . |
| 13 | He grinned , baring rabbit teeth stained brown , his eyes crinkling with laughter as he reached for the drink Nils had just poured him . |
| 14 | The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar , and , additionally , he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . |
| 15 | Finally , a person who is given permission to enter for a particular purpose will be a trespasser if he enters for a different purpose . |
| 16 | We should be delighted to welcome you ( and then also your husband if he comes for the English 27–30 August bank holiday ) to this rather chaotic , friendly and yet ordinary rather than luxurious flat ( which Meg I think knows ) . |
| 17 | The horse galloped madly round the pen , head turned to the outside as he searched for an opening . |
| 18 | STEPHEN HENDRY continues to walk a tightrope between success and failure as he strives for the form that made him world champion just ten months ago . |
| 19 | So it was a quietly defiant Alistair who , the next morning , came plodding down the stairs , and glanced at the splayed mail on the shelf as he headed for the door . |
| 20 | A POLICEMAN was injured in his patrol car yesterday in an accident as he waited for a nuclear weapons convoy to pass through Glasgow , writes Alan Forbes . |
| 21 | He brushed a speck of dust from his sleeve as he waited for the silence he required . |
| 22 | Larkin 's humiliating defeat did not prevent his becoming president of the Irish Trades Union Congress , and he had their blessing when he left for the United States in October 1914 , hoping to retrieve his union 's fortunes . |
| 23 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
| 24 | His beak was like the tip Of a rose thorn As he pecked for the cheese . |
| 25 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 26 | Wright pleaded guilty to all charges , and also admitted obtaining £207,000 from the Halifax Building Society by deception when he applied for a mortgage claiming , falsely , that he did not have one . |
| 27 | He had managed to endear himself to all of them within the week , and they shared his agony as he groped for the lines . |
| 28 | He arched her roughly forward so that her head was crushed against his stomach , her face just inches from his groin as he reached for the hands bound behind her back . |
| 29 | He shifted from one foot to the other as he waited for the door to be answered . |
| 30 | He plunged into it , and the mud closed over his head as he struggled for a footing . |