Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he sent for the Bishop of Valencia , and took their vows and made them plight themselves each to the other according as the law directs . |
| 2 | I said I 'd be in any time after six that evening and he came for the key precisely on the hour . ’ |
| 3 | Then he arose in fear , and called for light , and it was brought him ; and he looked for the leper and could see nothing ; so he returned into the bed , leaving the light burning . |
| 4 | Chatam had not been seen in public since finishing fourth to Sibton Abbey in the Hennessy at Newbury in November , and Pipe said yesterday : ‘ It was a fine run considering he had been off the course for so long and he goes for the Gold Cup with every chance . |
| 5 | And he pleaded for the public to write to Premier John Major to protest at the move . |
| 6 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 7 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 8 | But when he tried to stand a cry of pain escaped him and he reached for the wall of the stables for support . |
| 9 | His food came — they do n't mess about here and he reached for the salt . |
| 10 | And he prepares for the axe every time boss Walter Smith names a European Cup squad . |
| 11 | The crowd opened up and he headed for the gate . |
| 12 | Estonian President Lennart Meri said that the suspension contradicted earlier agreements , and he called for the issue to be discussed by the foreign ministers of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) at their forthcoming meeting in Sweden . |
| 13 | Speaking after a visit to the Soviet Union , he said that the state of the Chernobyl plant was " shocking " , and he called for the closure of the three reactors still operational [ see Chernobyl article in this issue ] . |
| 14 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 15 | He was , and he remained for the time being , a figure of comic relief . |
| 16 | Every night Tip O'Neill drops by his bed and prays to the same God that you do and he prays for the strength that 's necessary the next day to defeat everything that you believe in . |
| 17 | In Fleming 's time , most bacteriologists would simply have thrown the spoiled culture away , but he looked for the cause . |
| 18 | Not just because of not just because certain men at a certain place were sinful and crucified him unjustly not just because of sin but he died for the sin of the world , taking our sin in our place . |
| 19 | But he settled for the blackjack , and charged it to Visa . |