Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So you have to keep at him because like all kids he lives for the telly and various electronic gadgets and he 'd be quite happy eating crisps and playing for the rest of his life . |
| 2 | Unlike the role it played in the IFL , political anti-semitism never became a total ideological explanation of all the imagined ills of British society for most of the official leadership of the BUF , though there were obvious exceptions like William Joyce and some of the speakers he trained for the East End campaign of 1935 — 7 . |
| 3 | And the traps he set for the villains would have killed them . |
| 4 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what responsibilities he has for the sports and arts foundation . |
| 5 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
| 6 | Despite his disappointments he starred for the South African side which played as Springboks against the Juniors late last season . |
| 7 | After 10 years he worked for The Farmers Journal . |
| 8 | When they acquired holes he applied for a clothing grant . |
| 9 | A few weeks later he scored the first of three hat-tricks he hit for the Palace when we toppled his former club , Watford , by 4–1 at Vicarage Road . |
| 10 | Prolific and reliable , the 170 maps he produced for the London Magazine alone ( 1747–83 ) would prove sufficient companion for the entire history of his time . |
| 11 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has for the alleviation of homelessness in Scotland . |
| 12 | Almost all the examples he gives for a restriction of client participation are atypical of a community work situation . |
| 13 | Club chairman Stephen Gage was astounded by the quality response of the 50 enquiries he received for a job advertised in just ONE national newspaper . |
| 14 | His churches showed an equally acute awareness of changing fashions : the neo-perpendicular of his fan-vaulted church of St John , Edinburgh ( 1818 ) , which challenged comparison with anything in England at that date , was superseded by the elegant Early English and neo-Norman of the numerous churches he built for the Duke of Buccleuch in the 1830s , and in 1843 by the mid-Decorated of his St Mary 's , Dundee , in which he reproduced in a much richer form the arcades and clerestory of the burned-down medieval church instead of building the usual preaching box desired by presbyterian divines at that time . |
| 15 | She slapped him gently on his flat stomach , thinking how attractive he looked in the pure-white cotton shirt and khaki cotton slacks he wore for the flight . |